[@Mercenary Lord]
The substance being used is in fact a titanium-carbon weave, a clothlike substance that would hypothetically possess incredible properties. I didn't want to go into the details of the actual material, considering the complexity of the matter. And the fact that I could easily rant for days about how cool materials like that are.

But to be simple....
Guilt threw a tablecloth on the baddie, and then set it on fire.