"You don't even understand why I want to use the Reality Stone, yet you stubbornly oppose me!"
He-El's heart turned cold, anger darkening his face.
If he could not make Stephen Strange concede wholeheartedly, then with Kamar-Taj's magic, snatching the Reality Stone would be far too easy.
Kamar-Taj's portal magic was simply too overpowered. It could take someone to any corner of the universe in an instant.
"How many times can you protect Earth? How many times can you protect humanity?" He-El demanded angrily.
Stephen Strange opened his mouth and replied, "As long as I'm here."
He-El took a deep breath and said,
"What do you take Earth and humanity for?"
"Tools for you to display your magical abilities and bask in admiring gazes?"
"I've never thought that way," Stephen Strange argued.
"But your actions say otherwise," He-El snapped, cutting straight to the heart of the matter. "From where I stand, I can see a broader future for human civilization than the Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D., or even Nick can.
Humanity has already connected with the universe. We have seen Asgardian gods walk among us, and we have resisted Loki's alien army when it invaded Earth.
The world believes the Avengers defeated the aliens and saved humanity—that they are humanity's heroic team.
But I have never seen it that way.
This is a failure for all humanity, and a failure for human civilization.
If an entire civilization can only be held up by a handful of people, then it is a castle in the air, destined to collapse in an instant amid the universe's sea of stars.
The Avengers are only one part of humanity's defense on the front lines.
Humanity may have pioneers to lead the way and guardians to escort it, but it must never do nothing but watch the