Abruptly he remembered that he'd come across something like it, called a salamander, in fiction once; the thing was supposed to be a spirit of fire, and dangerously destructive.
The thing was supposed to be a mellow spirit of fire.
mnli hypothesis: The thing was supposed to be a mellow spirit of fire. premise: Abruptly he remembered that he'd come across something like it, called a salamander, in fiction once; the thing was supposed to be a spirit of fire, and dangerously destructive.