oxygen is the gas that powers the engine of motility. Any complex creature that moves for a living does so thanks to oxygen, and the reason animals move is, first and foremost, to find more food to consume and, ultimately, to oxidize—to “burn” in the form of energy transmitted to and through their blood. Fire is driven by the same need. In this sense, fire is not an “element” or a “reaction,” it is a hunter. Just like us.
