What Chipp muttered to the group at large seemed to upset Harrington. Chipp figured he was upset, because WHY ELSE WOULD HE LIGHT HIM ON FIRE?! Of course, Chipp wasn't thinking that immediately because the fact that he was on fire was enough to scare the crap out of him, leaping backwards and slapping at ... everywhere to get the flames out.
"WHAT THE HELL?!"
Just as quickly as the flames appeared, they disappeared, leaving Chipp with a smoldering (and very warm) shirt. Harrington was actually rather lucky; Chipp would have certainly challenged him to a fight after that stunt, magical fire powers or not, had he not realized what Harrington also did and saw the flickering of flame that remained on his sleeve. Well, he felt it before he saw it and started to swat at it furiously, not wanting a repeat of that performance.
That was why he was mostly silent when Harrington calmly answered Daemon's question, but very quickly, that silence became replaced with expletives that only grew more severe as Chipp realized he wasn't doing a very good job of smothering the flame out. After some more cursing, he finally succeeded, left with a burn and missing a sleeve. And of course, he missed the entire conversation.
"What the hell, I didn't ask for a goddamn demonstration!! Do that again and I'll kill you!"
Harrington's point seemed to have been made though, as Chipp refrained from following up his threat with a punch. Or perhaps he was aware that while Harrington was "expendable", this was still an interrogation and killing the guy before you were finished was not a good way to get information.
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"WHAT THE HELL?!"
Just as quickly as the flames appeared, they disappeared, leaving Chipp with a smoldering (and very warm) shirt. Harrington was actually rather lucky; Chipp would have certainly challenged him to a fight after that stunt, magical fire powers or not, had he not realized what Harrington also did and saw the flickering of flame that remained on his sleeve. Well, he felt it before he saw it and started to swat at it furiously, not wanting a repeat of that performance.
That was why he was mostly silent when Harrington calmly answered Daemon's question, but very quickly, that silence became replaced with expletives that only grew more severe as Chipp realized he wasn't doing a very good job of smothering the flame out. After some more cursing, he finally succeeded, left with a burn and missing a sleeve. And of course, he missed the entire conversation.
"What the hell, I didn't ask for a goddamn demonstration!! Do that again and I'll kill you!"
Harrington's point seemed to have been made though, as Chipp refrained from following up his threat with a punch. Or perhaps he was aware that while Harrington was "expendable", this was still an interrogation and killing the guy before you were finished was not a good way to get information.