[ The answer comes with gravity, loaded intention. Invisible tendrils snake through the air to probe the edges of her defensives – thread through quantum particles, energized ions – loaded, vibrating, overwhelming in scale, but – scattered. Unfocused.
And familiar. There's a certain normalcy to them, as he eases in-between the atoms, that the dimensional strata of this universe doesn't share. Another so-called "fluxdrift" like the lizard girl – but this one from a universe closer in resemblance to his own.
Stephen narrows his eyes. His vision tells him what his magic doesn't – the lack of lines in her face doesn't mean anything, but the anxiety at the corners of her mouth does. The tension in her stance. ]
And you. [ His shoulders relax just slightly, though the claws don't retract. ] You're... not the Scarlet Witch.
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[ The answer comes with gravity, loaded intention. Invisible tendrils snake through the air to probe the edges of her defensives – thread through quantum particles, energized ions – loaded, vibrating, overwhelming in scale, but – scattered. Unfocused.
And familiar. There's a certain normalcy to them, as he eases in-between the atoms, that the dimensional strata of this universe doesn't share. Another so-called "fluxdrift" like the lizard girl – but this one from a universe closer in resemblance to his own.
Stephen narrows his eyes. His vision tells him what his magic doesn't – the lack of lines in her face doesn't mean anything, but the anxiety at the corners of her mouth does. The tension in her stance. ]
And you. [ His shoulders relax just slightly, though the claws don't retract. ] You're... not the Scarlet Witch.
[ Not yet, anyway. ]