Christine struggled to maintain a facade of indifference, adopting a hard-line, strictly businesslike stance.
But every word from this Strange stirred the love buried deep in her heart.
Her Stephen had never kept such trivial daily details in mind.
His head held only surgery, magic, saving the world, and his nowhere-to-place arrogance.
Soon, they arrived at a spacious interrogation room.
The surrounding walls were one-way glass, and a metal table with two chairs stood in the center of the room.
Strange pulled out a chair and sat down. Christine sat across from him.
"Name." Christine activated the holographic recording panel before her and began the interrogation.
"Stephen Vincent Strange. But I prefer it when you call me darling." Strange smiled at her.
Christine ignored his flirting and continued taking notes. "What was your purpose in coming to Earth-838?"
"Earth-838?" Strange looked somewhat confused.
Christine paused and explained, "The Bast Foundation developed the Multiverse Waveform Monitor. This device can capture quantum signals and energy fluctuations from other universes. Based on that data, we established a mature system for naming and classifying the multiverse. To facilitate management and research, we assigned numbers to the known universes."
"The universe we are currently in has been designated Earth-838."
Strange nodded in sudden understanding.
"Waveform Monitor? A mature classification system?"
He looked around at the high-tech facilities and sincerely praised them. "This universe is remarkable. In some respects, your technology is far beyond ours."
Then he looked back at Christine. "I did not come here for any particular purpose. I arrived because of a magical accident. At first, I thought it was a disaster, but now..."
He leaned forward, his gaze gentle. "Now I think it was fate. Fate brought me across endless universes and let me find you again. Christine, now that I am