The fire... Wait, but how? Why? What sort of properties in the fire make it react like that? [He leans closer still. Varian, buddy, that's a good way to get embers in your face.] Or is it in the wood?

[He sits back up quickly when he hears more odd sounds in the distance. Not that he's freaked out! He's super chill, obviously!]

Uh. Well, I guess... for scientific purposes, it would be good to see another reaction and uh...

I-It just needs a story, right? Any story will do?