Strange’s eyebrows arch and his face settles into an expression of surprise, with a little bit of disbelief.
“Loki was here?” He’d already namedropped him elsewhere; thank god he hadn’t blathered it to someone who’d also known Loki in Thedas. “Not that I knew him that well. We met only the once, and I trapped him in a portal loop above a canyon to keep him out of the way and then stashed him in a toilet. It pays to keep gods humble.”
He can be an incredibly spiteful person when he’s in the mood for it. They might have that in common.
“Anyway, I can’t say Tony and I knew each other all that well, either. We may have saved the world together, but it was brief.” A beat. There’s too much baggage there, and too much that he doesn’t want to blab to a near-stranger. And he’s too-aware of the fact that the other man has been here far longer; has deep-wrought connections in this place; has worked his way up to a position of responsibility. So he simply adds, “I respect him, though.”
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“Loki was here?” He’d already namedropped him elsewhere; thank god he hadn’t blathered it to someone who’d also known Loki in Thedas. “Not that I knew him that well. We met only the once, and I trapped him in a portal loop above a canyon to keep him out of the way and then stashed him in a toilet. It pays to keep gods humble.”
He can be an incredibly spiteful person when he’s in the mood for it. They might have that in common.
“Anyway, I can’t say Tony and I knew each other all that well, either. We may have saved the world together, but it was brief.” A beat. There’s too much baggage there, and too much that he doesn’t want to blab to a near-stranger. And he’s too-aware of the fact that the other man has been here far longer; has deep-wrought connections in this place; has worked his way up to a position of responsibility. So he simply adds, “I respect him, though.”