After taking a long while to recover, Strange's thoughts barely returned to reality when the Magic Array finally dissipated.
"Anyone can make that motion, but it's no different from waving a hand normally.
What I mean is, how do I go from a rookie to a master?"
"Ancient One can answer that question for you." Ancient One smiled, then cast a meaningful glance at Aaron, who had just walked in.
"He's a sorcerer too?" Strange asked in astonishment.
"Aaron is not only a sorcerer, but a very powerful one.
In all of Kamar-Taj, perhaps no one but me is his match."
Crack! Crack!
Aaron blinked blankly, and a million alpacas stampeded through his mind.
Holy shit!
She had sold him out just like that—and so decisively.
"Sorcerer Supreme, you..."
"Your identity isn't exactly a secret in Kamar-Taj. Mordo and Wong both know," Ancient One interrupted pointedly. "Strange would find out sooner or later."
"But later is still better than sooner." Aaron forced a smile, feeling utterly depressed.
Strange immediately felt that he had caught the key point and asked at once, "What identity does he have?"
"A mage from the Gaius Family, which belongs to none of the multiverses," Ancient One explained calmly. "Every sorcerer in Kamar-Taj, myself included, draws great power from other dimensions.
But the Gaius are different. They are born mages, and their energy comes from within themselves."
"Like gods who wield divine power?"
"No. They are nobler than gods, and freer as well.
They are not bound by fate. They can even travel within and beyond the timeline as they please.
No one can affect their past, they decide their own present, and their future is destined to shine like the stars.
Before Aaron, two of his ancestors descended upon our universe in succession. One protected