He's being helpful and she's interested, but she does shoot him a sideways glance at the 'got it memorized' remark. "Thank you, I think I can keep that in mind," she says dryly. But he's got a point-- there does seem the need for a harder strike.

So she does that next time, trying to hold the rock still and bash the knife against the edge. It takes a few tries, and she almost does, in fact, pinch her finger (a narrow miss), but eventually she does it. A spark flies from the flint.

A solitary spark, but it's a start. "I see," she says. "And that's all it takes for the tinder to catch?"