he was ninety percent positive that she had lost her mind , but as their relentless enemy emerged from the thicket -- a girl wreathed in chaotic , spinning flames that did not quite touch the foliage above , leaving only a smoldering trail of blackened debris with each cautious step -- the remaining ten percent accepted it all with a strange calm that came balanced in perfect contrast to the bloodlust that still raged only slightly beneath the surface of his otherwise calm expression .