[Okay, even he has a limit to the number of barbs he can take. He's been chewed out for that by almost literally everyone and Mei won't let him live it down. But the fire was controlled and the beat Lady Bone Demon.]

No, the reason it worked was because she was able to control the fire until you found her. Which wasn't my plan but it still proved me right AND it probably would have worked better if so many other things hadn't messed it up in the first place. So let's just agree that my planning could use work, okay? Okay.

[He shrugs.]

Pretty much. I mean, going in with a plan helped and we all needed the day to relax after the fact.