Ren gritted her teeth and tried to fend off the flames through force of will, but her attention was still divided between the fight and trying to come up with some desperate way to resolve this peacefully. A tongue of flame lashed out at her arm, burning through her jacket's sleeve and leaving her with an ugly burn as she screamed and stumbled back.

"Mind over matter," she gasped to herself, trying to break through the pain and get back into the fight. She still had her potions in the dream, everything would be fine... "That's all it is, just mind over matter..."