"Suppressing it is not the answer." Morana said gently. "It might seem like the easiest solution but it will not be effective long term. Your fire is not separate from you. The power to control fire is no less a part of you than your blood or your soul. It isn't some dangerous thing you're keeping locked in a cage. It isn't an enemy. It came from your bloodline. It was passed down through House Silhara, the same way it came to me and to my father before me. It is yours by birth."
Right then the look on his face was mostly unreadable but she could tell that he was hanging on her every word.
"The fact that it has been unruly isn't a flaw in you, Ragnar. It's what happens when an ability goes years without guidance. Without instruction. Without someone to teach you what it is and how to live with it. Fire doesn't have to be so wild and unpredictable," she said. "In the right hands, it is precise. It listens. It doesn't go anywhere it isn't directed."
