In one fluid movement, Ido ducked underneath the second throw and pushed off towards Sol, keen on keeping him within arm's reach. Quickly wolfing down on the fuel, his jetpack was fully ignited - it would carry him close enough in less than a second, but until then, the windmage had to be stalled. Yet another branch zipped by, and right afterwards, Ido launched one of the spheres, filled with vapor, straight towards Sol. However, instead of letting him dodge, the demon would do something much more cunning. Directing a flow of mana towards the sphere's wall, he would alter the Kzich's stucture, preventing it from hardening, and thus, let it behave as liquid upon impact - as soon as it were within several feet of Sol, Ido would ignite the vapor inside, and the explosion's force would cause the sphere to rapidly expand, throwing a great wall of flaming Kzich into the forest.
If this didn't burn his opponent to crisp, it still would definetly win some time.