"T...S..." She's still trying to do the alphabet thing. But she is focusing on her internal Flame. If she couldn't spark herself up at all, she'd basically be dead.

Aly closes her eyes and bites her lip, trying to coax the spark into a proper flame. Changing her essence would hurt her more, which she didn't even want to try, but kindling herself up would be okay, right? The fire she sees as herself is low, but still burning. She's still burning.

"Huff." She's shivering, and mentally blows on what she sees as her energy, trying to bring it higher.

Too high. She briefly wreathes herself in crimson flame - not enough to hurt, just enough to startle - before it gutters out. She's a little warmer now, but that was a big energy tradeoff.