Fire
Warm up
Warm up verb - Get warm or warmer.
Both terms in one sentence
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Fire-Forged Friends: With varying degrees of effectiveness but the Occult Club members definitely warm up to each other as the story progresses.
Source: Light Novel / A Lullaby Sinister - Intimate Healing: After saving her from almost drowning, Talaysen has to warm up a hypothermic and semi-conscious Rune without anything to make a fire with, so he climbs into a sleeping bag with her.
Source: Literature / Bardic Voices -
Although in reality a minigun requires very little if no build up to fire, in fiction they often take a second or two to "warm up", often accompanied by a building whine and lots of metallic clicking and clacking noises.
Source: Cool Guns / Machine Guns
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