[But Richard just shakes his head, raising his arms in an approximation of a shrug and to show that he's unarmed. No, there's no sword on his belt, not tonight. Granted, that doesn't mean at all that he's incapable of fighting, but it makes him look just that much less threatening when he approaches others.]

I was just passing by when I spotted those flames of yours and decided to come take a better look. One doesn't normally see fire on the roof of a building that has such a benign cause, after all. I'm glad to see that it wasn't the roof itself that was the source.