Mobius tips his head in the way he tends to when he's taking in new information and considering it, when he's considering Rifters, when he's considering the person in front of him. Because on the surface of it all, Stephen Strange is a pompous, arrogant man. And Mobius knows for a fact that that isn't true at all.
Well. It's a little true; these are still facets of Stephen's personality. But it is not the whole of him. Sacrifices were made for the power he gained, and the weight of the world on his shoulders is not something that's ever taken on lightly.
"I know I always have a choice. But in a way it didn't feel like I did. I saw the sign and realized where I needed to be. I don't always feel useful, and I don't always feel like I did the right thing sometimes, but where else would I go? Find some other city in the Free Marches to try and rebuild a life only for it to get burned down, too?" He hesitates, just briefly, because that comes very close to Starkhaven. Other places have been wiped off the map, but that's been the biggest so far. He'd let Gela know, but that--
"No, I belong here where I can do the most good. Even if there are people here who would rather see me dead if they thought they could get away with it. And if I die in service to this greater cause, better here than being on the front lines of the Exalted March getting chewed up and spat out. Thank you," he says ultimately, with a sag in his shoulders, "for understanding."
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Well. It's a little true; these are still facets of Stephen's personality. But it is not the whole of him. Sacrifices were made for the power he gained, and the weight of the world on his shoulders is not something that's ever taken on lightly.
"I know I always have a choice. But in a way it didn't feel like I did. I saw the sign and realized where I needed to be. I don't always feel useful, and I don't always feel like I did the right thing sometimes, but where else would I go? Find some other city in the Free Marches to try and rebuild a life only for it to get burned down, too?" He hesitates, just briefly, because that comes very close to Starkhaven. Other places have been wiped off the map, but that's been the biggest so far. He'd let Gela know, but that--
"No, I belong here where I can do the most good. Even if there are people here who would rather see me dead if they thought they could get away with it. And if I die in service to this greater cause, better here than being on the front lines of the Exalted March getting chewed up and spat out. Thank you," he says ultimately, with a sag in his shoulders, "for understanding."