1 {scene: The Infinite Featureless Plane of Death. The Balrog stands there, facing Death of Insanely Overpowered Fireballs.}
2 Death of Insanely Overpowered Fireballs: Hey, don't blame me. He who lives by fire, dies by fire.
3 {beat}
4 Death of Insanely Overpowered Fireballs: Oh, yeah. Wait until you see the fate we have in store for him. Hoo boy.

That's one of those proverbs you always expect to be figurative, not literal.

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2022-09-11 Rerun commentary: I guess this comic answers the question posed in the annotation of #2144. Or at least adds to the confusion.

Here the Balrog is clearly not speaking and Death of insanely Overpowered Fireballs can understand it.