She tells him how Alessa — who nearly
burned to death in a
fire — has been
kept alive these past seven years so she could suffer in an endless nightmare of pain and anger; all for the sake of nurturing the god
within her and in preparation of the day when her other half would return to Silent Hill and make her whole again.
Much as you would
keep the flames
burning by adding logs to it in a fireplace, so it is
within a marital relationship, you need to
keep adding logs to the
fire through relationship building activities, communication and meeting each other's needs — whatever those may be.