I feel a bit bad. Maybe it's a silly thing to worry about, but the firebird didn't do anything wrong. It just happens that her eggs are one of the ingredients we need. I couldn't bear to hurt her even after she torched a hole threw my wing, much as I'm spoiling for a fight.

[ She's been under, oh, all the stress imaginable. A fight would be nice, but not like that. ]

Hopefully she won't lose her entire nest before we fix everyone.