“And it sounds like we could do with as many of those as we can get.”
The severity of the war has been drummed into him, over and over. This has been going on for years. It’s attrition, not one giant fuck-all heroic battle and then calling it a day.
Strange’s gaze drifts down to that dog, still snuffling around by Ellis’ feet, then back up to the other man, considering.
“Alright. I’m in,” he re-affirms. Partially because he likes to meddle, likes to be in the room where it happens, can’t stand to sit on the sidelines, and partially because this guy seems to matter to Tony — “I’m probably missing a lot of the context, but whichever way I can help. It sounds like there’ll be time to catch me up on the necessaries while we travel, anyway.”
A thinning of the mouth, and: “Also. If it turns out that they’re still a threat, or their motivations remain antithetical to our own. What’s the plan of action?”
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The severity of the war has been drummed into him, over and over. This has been going on for years. It’s attrition, not one giant fuck-all heroic battle and then calling it a day.
Strange’s gaze drifts down to that dog, still snuffling around by Ellis’ feet, then back up to the other man, considering.
“Alright. I’m in,” he re-affirms. Partially because he likes to meddle, likes to be in the room where it happens, can’t stand to sit on the sidelines, and partially because this guy seems to matter to Tony — “I’m probably missing a lot of the context, but whichever way I can help. It sounds like there’ll be time to catch me up on the necessaries while we travel, anyway.”
A thinning of the mouth, and: “Also. If it turns out that they’re still a threat, or their motivations remain antithetical to our own. What’s the plan of action?”
He has to ask. For clarity.