"Then he isn't here," Em said softly, relief mixed with sadness. If Pyro were here, she didn't know if Jag would have been able to 'take' his fire, but either way, Pyro wouldn't have sat still or quiet about it. The alternative, that he'd been here and burned out as a result of Cortez's powers, she couldn't let herself consider.

But Jag being able to control fire again was a good thing, and she looked up at him finally, tears threatening in the corners of her eyes. "I told you to stay away from Cortez. You could've-" her breath caught in her throat, and she shoved at Jag's shoulder. "Don't scare me like that."