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[align=center]He nodded quietly. "I didn't know what to do. All I could think of was getting out. I didn't think about my family until it was too late... And to this day, those flames have followed me..." He sighed. "But I couldn't imagine being in your position, either. Going home terrified every day... Not knowing when you'll ever get out... I was with a family like that once, but the flames spread there, too, and I was sent back to the orphanage after their house burned."

[align=center]"I've never heard of it, but it certainly sounds like what happens to me. People see that nearly everywhere I've been has burned, but they take me in anyway, think that maybe, if they watch me carefully, I won't be able to start a fire. But someone always gets burned..." He pushed his sleeve back slightly, revealing more of his pale skin. Even on just the few inches that were visible, you could see places where the skin was marred by silvery pink scars.
"Nearly my entire body is marked by burns like this, some of them more serious, like the ones on my eye... I can hardly stand to look at myself, because in my burns I see fire, and in the fire, I see their faces. And the scariest part is... Sometimes, when I see them burning, I don't want to help them..." He looked away. "Awful, aren't I?"

[align=center]"But, Maddie, that's understandable. Those people were mean, hurting you for no good reason. You wanted them to stop, and I can see why. Someone like that deserves it. But... Almost all of these people... They were just trying to help me... They tried to give me a home, a normal life, but I blinked. I let my guard down and got too comfortable. Then the fires caught. And now I see them, burning in the fires every time I close my eyes... And I just turn away. I don't want them to get out. I just want to feel the heat on my skin as they burn, listen to the shrieks pound against my ears... I hear their cries, but I've stopped listening. I only hear the crackle of the flames now..." He closed his eye, curling his hand into a fist around the fabric on the bottom of his jacket as a pained expression crossed his face.
"I want to hear them... But the flames are too loud..."

[align=center]Nightmare shook his head. "No, its okay. Sometimes I can't help but watch the flames, too..." He pulled out his own lighter from his pocket. "If I'm caught with this, though, you'll probably never hear another word about me." Reaching back in his pocket, he drew out his purple handkerchief. "This takes forever to burn..." He winced a bit at the instant flames. He watched it for a second, as if in a daze as it danced in his grey eye. Then he shook his head and lit the end of the handkerchief, watching the flame catch and slowly eat at the end of it. It was obvious he had lit it before. "I don't hate fire... It's actually something amazing, something that catches my curiousity. I just don't like the way its caught on me, as if I'm hot coals, so people think its safe... But after long enough, something catches the flame, and we all get burned again..." He never looked away from the flames as he spoke. Then his gaze was on Maddies face. "I don't mind you playing with fire, but I wish you wouldn't burn yourself. That makes me feel like the fires have spread to you... And I don't want to burn you..."

[align=center]After another minute it died down, and as he moved his hand away he saw he had coughed up blood. Again. He cursed under his breath, wiping his hand on the handkerchief he just put away and looking at where Maddie had been burned. "I can't go anywhere... This is going to drive me mad. Especially burning you... Are you okay?" The worry was clear in his slate colored eye and gentle voice.

[align=center]And the flames spread...

"Maddie! Are you okay?!" He asked, seeing her shaking and knowing something was really wrong.

Until only ashes are left.