Helen sat cross-legged on the floor, holding a book larger than her head. Strange stood before the shelves, continuously tossing books down, while Harley caught them below and passed them to Helen.
Helen shook her head as she read, with sighs slipping out between each shake. After hearing her sigh for the twelfth time, Strange finally turned to look at her. "What exactly is wrong? Is there a problem with this method?"
"'Is there a problem?' Where isn't there a problem?" Helen looked up from the book and glared back at Strange. Shaking her head lightly, she said, "You've shattered my stereotype of Doctor Stephen Strange as someone consistently shrewd. How could you fall for this garbage?"
Strange stood there, glowering at her. Helen snapped the book shut, tossed it aside, and said, "Don't tell me you've never taken a proper Magic Theory class. What is the most important thing about a magical theory?"
"Its origins and historical development." Barry answered without lifting his head from another book. "If a magical theory cannot be traced to its source or its evolution, then it is very likely a trap set by an evil god to deceive humanity."
"The greatest characteristic of humanity's magical knowledge inheritance is its gradual process of refinement. Misapplications and borrowed meanings are indispensable parts of theoretical inheritance. Any theory that appears fully formed either possesses inherent flaws and enormous loopholes, or is definitely a trap."
Barry recited the textbook content with great fluency, then added, "The Sorcerer Supreme added a note below it: the more powerful and perfect a theory is, the less likely it is to appear in human hands out of nowhere. Without a process of exploration, it is not knowledge humans could have researched."
Strange rubbed the cover of a book with his hand