User blog comment:MattShadow/OC vs OC (September 2013)/@comment-2045351-20130916205427/@comment-1270096-20130916212734

Something you keep forgetting is that the fire breath would take some time to cause any effect. And while he is focusing on breathing fire at Caden, Caden could do any number of things from jumping forward and breaking his neck, stabbing him, throwing his spear at him, or reaffirming his position by readying his shield and holding it up, having Lanson waste his energy away from continuous fire breathing.

Also, if there was water, no matter how small amount, Caden would expand it into a larger portion of water, which he would use to create an infinite loop of strength and energy as long as he was close enough to it to use his powers on it.