There’s the brief flicker of surprise, realising: oh, have I not mentioned it already?
Stephen Strange is incorrigibly tight-lipped and private and secretive about many things in his life (see: that whole new burgeoning relationship with Gwenaëlle), but he’s fairly open about this one. It had consumed his life for so many years that it didn’t seem worth trying to keep secret. It was written all over him, and he’d had to get accustomed to doctors and nurses flocking in and out of his room, re-wrapping his bandages, physical therapists massaging his hands.
How did it happen? he’d asked Ellie, about her missing fingers. What happened? Ellie had asked, about his hands. The question’s a straightforward one.
“Car crash,” Strange says, a twist at his mouth, trying to keep his tone as light as possible. He remembers there were some still-working cars and trucks in Abby’s Seattle, so he doesn’t have to contextualise that part. “Making me a walking talking cautionary tale about the dangers of reckless driving. Considering I lived in a world with alien invasions, it’s pretty underwhelming.”
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Stephen Strange is incorrigibly tight-lipped and private and secretive about many things in his life (see: that whole new burgeoning relationship with Gwenaëlle), but he’s fairly open about this one. It had consumed his life for so many years that it didn’t seem worth trying to keep secret. It was written all over him, and he’d had to get accustomed to doctors and nurses flocking in and out of his room, re-wrapping his bandages, physical therapists massaging his hands.
How did it happen? he’d asked Ellie, about her missing fingers. What happened? Ellie had asked, about his hands. The question’s a straightforward one.
“Car crash,” Strange says, a twist at his mouth, trying to keep his tone as light as possible. He remembers there were some still-working cars and trucks in Abby’s Seattle, so he doesn’t have to contextualise that part. “Making me a walking talking cautionary tale about the dangers of reckless driving. Considering I lived in a world with alien invasions, it’s pretty underwhelming.”