I sat back and thought about that. I have a daughter myself, and children do seem to have a knack for throwing out the odd line that can spark brilliant art. "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" was written like that, when John Lennon was inspired by his son's drawing of a school chum.

But a kingdom of fire...what would such a place be like? Fire's a mysterious and powerful thing. You don't see many fire gods out there, almost as if humanity fears empowering such a force with a name.

There is at least one, Zhu Rong, the Chinese god of fire. Appropriately enough, he is usually depicted as a knight in black armor riding into battle. He had to fight his own son, a water demon, when the latter attempted to take over heaven. Gamers might be familiar with the pistol in Fallout 3 that bears his name. It fires incendiary rounds.

The bus Jeoaf was waiting for arrived and he slipped the lock of hair into his book. Fumbling for money, I heard him mumble.

"I think fire is awesome because...I dunno why fire is awesome," he admits. "I think it's just kind of this mysterious thing. There's a reason that when there's a campfire, everyone stops and stares at it for a while. Nobody really knows why."

One last look, and he was gone off dual on behalf of strange gods that burn.

FINAL DEFINITION

Knights of the Fire Kingdom. (n) 1. A Chinese god. 2. A rock band. 3. Funny, but badass and not funny.

Knights of the Fire Kingdom plays at 8 p.m. tonight at Fitzgerald's with Poor Pilate, We Were Wolves and Co-Pilot