[He glances over at her, and then lifts the volume in his hand up for her perusal even as he extinguishes the flame that he'd been playing with. No need for such undue risk, after all, especially since he can't feel the heat to judge exactly where it is.]

What aspect of what I have said doesn't make sense? If you're referring to the recitation, it's a production called LOVELESS - specifically, Act 1 of the story.