[ Stephen studies the man – his tone of derision, followed by a brief second of contemplation. Something's going on behind his unnaturally bright yellow eyes, gears turning somewhere within a dense cloud of power that Stephen can only generally perceive. Stephen can only guess at the pros and cons being weighed – mind-reading isn't on his list of talents, and neither is the ability to pierce the veil of practiced control that this... entity has on its own cosmic space.
But then comes the conclusion of those turning gears. Stephen lets out a breath he didn't know he was holding, tries to cover it up with a smile.
The forces at play in this universe are inconceivable even to Stephen's understanding of cosmic expanses, a league above even the highest planes of power that the hundred thousand beings inside him have opened to his countless eyes. To find a potential ally – even a tentative one – who can fully appreciate the height of the precipice they'll have to reach in order to right the multiverse back on its path...
Stephen didn't realize the relief it would bring him. He's not naïve – aside from this world itself, this man is the most dangerous thing he's met since his arrival. But he also Understands, member of an exclusive club whose power can sometimes only be rivaled by its isolation. ]
Glad to hear it... [ Stephen pauses, gestures, ] don't think I caught your name.
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But then comes the conclusion of those turning gears. Stephen lets out a breath he didn't know he was holding, tries to cover it up with a smile.
The forces at play in this universe are inconceivable even to Stephen's understanding of cosmic expanses, a league above even the highest planes of power that the hundred thousand beings inside him have opened to his countless eyes. To find a potential ally – even a tentative one – who can fully appreciate the height of the precipice they'll have to reach in order to right the multiverse back on its path...
Stephen didn't realize the relief it would bring him. He's not naïve – aside from this world itself, this man is the most dangerous thing he's met since his arrival. But he also Understands, member of an exclusive club whose power can sometimes only be rivaled by its isolation. ]
Glad to hear it... [ Stephen pauses, gestures, ] don't think I caught your name.