[A normal day, the normal routine underwent in-between any all instances that were bound to land on his doorstep. Mundane. That had been the point, he thinks, because if Peter was fishing for something specific—other than the grand swath of world events, always changing—then it was bound to not tell him anything at all. Ergo, there is nothing to share that he knows of; Stephen can only wait for specificity regarding some event that must have been…
Worrisome.
If body language didn’t bolster a faint, burgeoning concern, then Peter’s return vagueness of what he helped him with would’ve done it. By far.
One doesn’t go to Stephen Strange to fix small problems, after all. Magic was so often, and sometimes problematically, viewed as a fix-all, the universal band-aid for impossible problems. The great Hail Mary, free of the consequences. His brows knit together, eyes steady on Peter but gaining a somewhat distant, I’m-puzzling-things-out-behind-the-curtain look.]
What would I have helped you with? [He almost doesn’t have to reply, because Stephen’s addendum is quick.]
Your problems are more… local. [You know, friendly and neighborhood-like. But Stephen, finally, gives one nugget of actual useful timeline-context:] Even if your notoriety’s gone up a few notches lately.
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Worrisome.
If body language didn’t bolster a faint, burgeoning concern, then Peter’s return vagueness of what he helped him with would’ve done it. By far.
One doesn’t go to Stephen Strange to fix small problems, after all. Magic was so often, and sometimes problematically, viewed as a fix-all, the universal band-aid for impossible problems. The great Hail Mary, free of the consequences. His brows knit together, eyes steady on Peter but gaining a somewhat distant, I’m-puzzling-things-out-behind-the-curtain look.]
What would I have helped you with? [He almost doesn’t have to reply, because Stephen’s addendum is quick.]
Your problems are more… local. [You know, friendly and neighborhood-like. But Stephen, finally, gives one nugget of actual useful timeline-context:] Even if your notoriety’s gone up a few notches lately.