[An impossible situation, an impossible choice, all on the shoulders of one man. The magic doesn't matter. Stephen's still human. Still alone in what he'd done, if Stark's alienation was any indicator. Even though it had worked out, Stephen alive and whole, not dust. Takeshi wonders what the true cost was, the explanation still to come, and suspects he knows what direction this favour might lean.
Still, he gives a tip of his head, slight. Stephen can ask.]
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Still, he gives a tip of his head, slight. Stephen can ask.]