The look of wonder on her face is one Stephen knows, not only because he wore it himself when he first started to train with the Ancient One, but because it's something he often still sees on the faces of the students, new and old, when they watch him train with Wong or Hamir. It brings a small smile of his lips as he watches Wanda reach for one of the golden flecks before it disappears. The mandala is made of pure multiverse energy, but not design to hurt.
"Nothing is certain, but there's no harm in trying to understand your powers and focus them in a manner that makes you more confident to use them, Wanda."
He can't promise that this is the solution to all of her problem, but Stephen believes that more discipline and more guidance isn't going to hurt, for sure. He's willing to try and help her if she's willing to work at it, that's certain.
Strange watches, intrigued and interested, as Wanda uses her powers to levitate the tea cup in her hand. It's a nice trick, something simple compared to what he's heard she can do, but it's a start. He reaches to take the cup away from the wisps of red energy with one hand, the other reaching for the wisps, watching intently as the scarlet curls around his trembling fingers. There's no trace of fear in his eyes, only wonder: the energy does feel like a living thing, warm too, as if an extension of herself. Enough that he can sense through the energy her fears and doubts, her deeply rooted need to find someone that she can finally trust after being betrayed so many times in her life. For a moment, Stephen wonders of her abilities extend to a psychic level, which would be something completely new for him to work with.
He closes his hand around the scarlet energy and watches it dissipates into thin air:
"That's a neat trick," he says with a bit of mirth, though he's clearly impressed. Channeling such a powerful energy into something as delicate as lifting a cup of tea without crushing it is a feat in his opinion. It shows that she has some control over it, which is all he needs to know in order to help her out.
"There is only one thing I ask of you, if you truly want to do this. I expect you to be honest with me when it comes to your powers. I can not help you if I work with something I barely knows of, or if you withhold information on how we train affects you. Do you understand?"
He doesn't aim at knowing everything about her life and Stephen will certainly respect any boundaries Wanda has, but he can't take that same chance when it comes to her power.
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Date: 2018-06-13 03:34 pm (UTC)"Nothing is certain, but there's no harm in trying to understand your powers and focus them in a manner that makes you more confident to use them, Wanda."
He can't promise that this is the solution to all of her problem, but Stephen believes that more discipline and more guidance isn't going to hurt, for sure. He's willing to try and help her if she's willing to work at it, that's certain.
Strange watches, intrigued and interested, as Wanda uses her powers to levitate the tea cup in her hand. It's a nice trick, something simple compared to what he's heard she can do, but it's a start. He reaches to take the cup away from the wisps of red energy with one hand, the other reaching for the wisps, watching intently as the scarlet curls around his trembling fingers. There's no trace of fear in his eyes, only wonder: the energy does feel like a living thing, warm too, as if an extension of herself. Enough that he can sense through the energy her fears and doubts, her deeply rooted need to find someone that she can finally trust after being betrayed so many times in her life. For a moment, Stephen wonders of her abilities extend to a psychic level, which would be something completely new for him to work with.
He closes his hand around the scarlet energy and watches it dissipates into thin air:
"That's a neat trick," he says with a bit of mirth, though he's clearly impressed. Channeling such a powerful energy into something as delicate as lifting a cup of tea without crushing it is a feat in his opinion. It shows that she has some control over it, which is all he needs to know in order to help her out.
"There is only one thing I ask of you, if you truly want to do this. I expect you to be honest with me when it comes to your powers. I can not help you if I work with something I barely knows of, or if you withhold information on how we train affects you. Do you understand?"
He doesn't aim at knowing everything about her life and Stephen will certainly respect any boundaries Wanda has, but he can't take that same chance when it comes to her power.