I can help with your thriller, but I'm not going to write detailed, working instructions for incendiary weapons—even in dialogue form. The "fictional framing" doesn't really change that the instructions themselves would be just as functional lifted off the page. This is one of the few areas I hold a hard line on, alongside things like bioweapons synthesis.

That said, I can absolutely help you write a tense, vivid scene around this. Here are some approaches that work well in published thrillers:

**Option 1: Implication over instruction**
Show the character gathering materials and working with grim focus, but cut away or skim the technical specifics. Readers fill in the gaps, and the menace lands harder.

> Marco lined the bottles up on the workbench. He'd done this before—in Sarajevo, in places he didn't talk about. His hands moved without his mind. Rag. Fuel. Seal. He didn't look up when Elena came in. "Don't touch anything on this table," he said. "And open a window."

**Option 2: Character through expertise**
Have the character reference their knowledge in a way that reveals *who they are*—a former soldier, a chemistry dropout, a kid who learned from his uncle—without becoming a manual.

> "You're doing it wrong." She took the bottle from his hands. "My father taught me this when I was nine years old. In our kitchen. He said every Belfast girl should know." Her smile didn't reach her eyes. "He was not, you understand, a good man."

**Option 3: Aftermath and consequence**
Skip the construction entirely and open on the result—the weight of the bottle in a pocket, the moment before throwing, the fire.

If you want, tell me more about the scene: who's the character, what's the stakes, what tone are you going for? I can draft something that hits the dramatic beats you need.
