Howard looks genuinely impressed by the fire thing. His eyebrows shoot up and a smile teases its way out of his mouth. "Okay, don't get bigheaded about it, but that is definitely cool."

He takes the ball and squeezes it, not to the full extent of his hand's strength. He still isn't quite sold on the fire being safe. "So who told you I was high-strung?"

Because obviously Cedric couldn't have just picked up on Howard's very evident permanent sense of tension.