"I see no harm in trying. You require me to do the fire-breathing?"

His hand strays to his belt where his ready-made vials are secured. It only just occurs to him bow that he should have checked they hadn't been broken in his fall before making his assertions. Thankfully, one seems to have survived. The other has cracked.

With a grimace, he says to the other man, "It seems we shall only have one attempt at this. Quickly now: what is your plan, exactly?"