I am an ant, on a leave, floating down a river. I did not choose my leaf, I did not choose the river. So much is out of my control, I can only afford to focus my energy on things I can control.
In addition to the other comments, when Gandalf, known for being among the wisest at the time, sees the lost seeing stone, he is immediately suspicious and wary.
Their little feud was pushed a little too hard, it was more suspicious than any regular news story. I imagine facebook and instagram is awash in LLM generated memes of these two fighting.
I was sneaking into a building while wild shaped into a cat, the mage was quietly removing knives from the kitchen with mage hand before creeping in the window. Our artificer was making sure there was no one in the manor's first floor bathroom. Upon finding a gentleman squatting down to relieve himself, she threw acid on him in a panic. That was when we rolled for initiative.
I'm sure an internal striker could be engineered with some metal bits, maybe a 3D printer, and parts of a zippo lighter. Just shooting from the hip, but I bet there is someone with the knowledge and the time, if you brought the idea up to the correct forums.
I am an ant, on a leave, floating down a river. I did not choose my leaf, I did not choose the river. So much is out of my control, I can only afford to focus my energy on things I can control.