[Its a fair question. Most people in the fire force have some sort of... intense personal connection to the subject.

Maki, however, does not.]

I guess I just wanted to help people. I was in the army, and when my lieutenant transferred to the Fire Force, he requested that I transfer with him.

I'm a pyrokinetic, so I guess that makes me pretty useful to the Fire Force. Victims of human combustion can be... unpredictable and erratic, and I can help keep my squad mates safe while we put them to rest.

[People pretty universally lose their minds when they spontaneously combust. And then you've got a flaming body that can't die, lashing out at everyone and everything around them. Its not pretty, the force needs people like her.

She follows him into the library and is... pleasantly surprised that it seems to be still functional as a library. ]

I'm glad the inside seems to in tact. Maybe we can get some answers here.