I can just use magic to do it, though I am familiar with the mechanism of making a camp fire. My uncle told me a lot of stories. But carry if for me, and I can show you.

[He just assumes that Leon will do this for him, because why not? He's obviously more physically fit and what else are jocks good for?]

...I do not think they put a lot of thought into whatever it is they hoped to accomplish with this. They could have dropped us into a temperate zone instead.