It was very important to mother that I could fully control my flames before I was allowed to work on improving the raw power of my flame.

[In case he ever remade the Samadhi Fire again. Especially with his father imprisoned. His father was fairly lava and fireproof himself, but his mother wasn't. If Red Son had lost control again with a reforged Samadhi Fire, she wouldn't have been able to contain him.]

Nothing burns unless I want it to burn and its been two centuries since I set anything on fire on accident.

[Singes, sure, but no proper burns.]