Strange shrugged, looking unconcerned. "The price? That's a problem for later."
"If I don't do this, we won't even get a chance to pay that price. By then, Dormammu will have swallowed the entire Earth, and we'll all be finished."
Mordo fell silent.
He had to admit that Strange had a point.
In the face of life and death, the so-called laws of nature no longer seemed quite so important.
After a moment of silence, Strange seemed to remember something.
"Right, the Ancient One asked me to give you this before she died."
He took the Eye of Agamotto off his neck and handed it to Hermione.
Hermione accepted it and deftly opened the pendant with a magical gesture. Green light flashed, revealing the Time Stone.
She removed the stone, took out an exquisite pendant, and carefully set the Time Stone into it.
Blue, yellow, and green light shone together.
Mordo and Wong stared, transfixed.
"The Mind Stone and the Space Stone... you have those too?"
Mordo's voice trembled. He felt as though his entire understanding of the world was about to collapse.
"There are six Infinity Stones, and you alone have half of them?"
Wong sucked in a sharp breath, feeling as though he were dreaming.
"How... how is that possible?"
Hermione smiled without replying and simply poured the Time Stone's energy into the empty Eye of Agamotto.
The space inside the Eye of Agamotto, which had been empty moments before, filled with green light once more.
"I had an agreement with the Ancient One."
Hermione put away the pendant set with the three stones.
"Until the new Sorcerer Supreme comes into his own, I'll preserve a portion of the Eye of Agamotto's power for Kamar-Taj."
One of the major duties passed down through Kamar-Taj was protecting the Time