A metaphor

[Slacker]

A fire in our forrest?

 

[office boy]

The rains are coming...

 

[Russ]

Slacker,

Just a small and cleansing one. Even when tempers flare, it is far better to have things out in the open than to let them stew.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Slacker]

Yes, a fire spurs growth afterwards, and not all is lost to the fire, what appears to have been lost becomes part of the foundation for the new growth