Though his thoughts had twisted and turned, only a few seconds had passed outside. Tony Stark and Strange merely saw Schiller stare blankly at the hospital bed for several seconds, taking it as his mental illness flaring up and his thoughts drifting away.
Mental patients often displayed such symptoms. Stark, especially well-read in psychology, understood that brief, intermittent blank spells were signs of an episode.
So when Schiller suddenly proposed going to Mercury Base, Stark and Strange, who had been arguing endlessly, united in firmly refusing him.
"Forget it, Schiller. Absolutely not! There's nothing to see on Mercury, and being closer to the sun won't make your condition any better. I don't want to demand that you stay in the hospital all the time, but you need to have a guardian with you... Nick excluded!"
"On that point, I agree with Tony." Strange glanced at Stark and snorted. "Focusing too much on the progress of one thing is bad for your mental state. It could worsen your compulsive behavior. Or perhaps you could return to the Himalayan Mountains for another two months of recuperation. That's close enough to the sun..."
"What I mean is, Mercury Base has been under construction for so long, and I haven't even seen it with my own eyes. I should go take a look, considering I participated in the plan." Schiller explained with a smile.
"Schiller, we're not trying to exclude you from the plan, but sending you to another planet when your brainwave abnormalities haven't been resolved would be extremely dangerous."
Connors calmly pushed up his glasses and continued, "I mean, the sun and Mercury could be dangerous."
Just as Schiller was about to speak, Connors cut him off and added, "According to the data, our sun and Mercury are both fairly decent. There's