Daniel absorbed the fire into his palm, sighing in relief as he regained some energy. He raised his outstretched hand toward the swarm that had formed some giant creature, and construed a solid fire cube around it. He then quickly closed his hand into a fist, as if crushing something, and the cube responded by imploding on the swarm, crushing and burning them at the same time. Naturally the bugs tried to fight their way out, but Daniel let the flames move as the bugs move, while still crushing and burning them, therefore taking less energy than if he tried to hold them in place. However he didn't notice the swarm that had detached and was now attacking Alexandra.