Fortunately perhaps, he's not too worried about the fire. He is, admittedly, staying a respectable distance away, if not so far that conversation becomes difficult, but he has at least one escape route, should things take a turn for the less-than-favorable. But for now, he's willing enough to simply let things continue as they are.

And for all that she does seem to the primary target of the vines, he's keeping an eye out just in case an inquisitive vine decides to take an attempt at grabbing someone who isn't very literally on fire.

"They've tried. But they haven't gotten very far."

His swords alone have seen to that, even if what he's been doing has been more along the lines of aggressive pruning than any real attempts to help out other people. But it's worked well enough for him, and he figures that's the most important thing, in the long run.