"Patience," Priestly said. "I promise this'll be worth the wait." He finished juicing the two oranges and swapped back to the fancy burner thing. And grabbed the liquor bottles. "Besides, we're getting to the really pretty part."

He put sugar into his pan, shaking it around dry over the heat for a few moments before stirring in butter and melting them both.

And then he added cointreau, and when he put it back over the burner, the whole pan lit up with bright orange flames.