Good thing, then, that Stephen Strange is a rapt listener for a lecture like this. He’s paying attention, thoughtful and quiet and attentive. His mouth still purses like he’s bitten down on a sour lemon, but he’s managing to rein himself in.

No questions yet, just a bridge to whatever Julius’ next points are, an echoing and affirmation: “So, ostensibly started — invented — for pragmatic purposes, but then prone for misuse and abuse in practice.”

As so many control mechanisms are.