Stephen pauses, considers, and eventually tips his head. "You're right, that was rude. I've been poorly socialized lately."
It was far less rude than he used to be before he learned magic, though, so that's a win!
As Loki sees to the branches of the multiverse, Stephen drinks the last of his tea and vanishes away his own cup, a relatively simple matter of nudging the magic to return to Loki. Stephen doesn't know what happens if Loki leaves this place either. He seems fairly integral to its structural support. But, in theory, he should be able to stabilize things at least briefly, enough to leave for a little while. Long enough to find the Codex and get the information Stephen needs.
Surely there must be something he can do to help? He doesn't want to get his recent magical escapades anywhere near the timelines -- magic from the Darkhold, spread across all of Yggdrasil? that would just invite catastrophe -- but he has any number of stasis spells, energizing spells, and more that might be useful. Then again, this calls for something bigger than those.
So Stephen slips the Eye of Agamotto from around his neck, and offers it to Loki.
"Here." He probably doesn't need to explain; it was made by one of the Vishanti and housed the time stone for thousands of years, its magical signature will be obvious as one of the most powerful magical relics ever made. "Use this as an anchor. It's got enough juice in there to give a pretty substantial boost, too."
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It was far less rude than he used to be before he learned magic, though, so that's a win!
As Loki sees to the branches of the multiverse, Stephen drinks the last of his tea and vanishes away his own cup, a relatively simple matter of nudging the magic to return to Loki. Stephen doesn't know what happens if Loki leaves this place either. He seems fairly integral to its structural support. But, in theory, he should be able to stabilize things at least briefly, enough to leave for a little while. Long enough to find the Codex and get the information Stephen needs.
Surely there must be something he can do to help? He doesn't want to get his recent magical escapades anywhere near the timelines -- magic from the Darkhold, spread across all of Yggdrasil? that would just invite catastrophe -- but he has any number of stasis spells, energizing spells, and more that might be useful. Then again, this calls for something bigger than those.
So Stephen slips the Eye of Agamotto from around his neck, and offers it to Loki.
"Here." He probably doesn't need to explain; it was made by one of the Vishanti and housed the time stone for thousands of years, its magical signature will be obvious as one of the most powerful magical relics ever made. "Use this as an anchor. It's got enough juice in there to give a pretty substantial boost, too."