[Nacho sucks in a breath, sharply. He feels like it gets caught in his chest, though. Anyway, he doesn't deny it. Why bother? It's obvious enough. Why else would anyone be asking?]
Yeah.
[He forces himself to hold Strange's gaze, even though he doesn't want to. He tries to sound matter-of-fact, although he's genuinely unsure if he succeeds.]
I can't do anything like what you did, but I can still hurt people, if I get caught up in it.
I don't want to hurt anybody. [No matter what Jimmy is implying on the network!!!]
[ It's a sentiment he very much understands. A pause from Stephen, looking inward and thinking back, and then - ]
You'll feel it. At least, you'll feel something. A draw. Ignore it and you'll follow it sooner or later, without necessarily realising what you're doing or why, and then you're his - but if you catch it, there's time.
[ He hadn't caught it. There hadn't been time. But it does at least mean that he can help with this. ]
Do you have anyone you can rely on to keep you contained?
[ It's a small question with big implications. Stephen holds Nacho's gaze through the discomfort, the conversation important enough to warrant it. ]
[Strange's words bring Nacho more comfort than he can possibly know. He'd been afraid of what the answer would be. Had been halfway expecting it to be, 'No, you won't know, and it happens in an instant.'
When Strange says there's time, there's some visible relaxation. Although, it's not all sunshine and roses. Nacho is still a relative newcomer here. He doesn't know how many people here can be trusted yet.
He sighs and rubs a hand over his face.]
So, like. Not dead, you mean?
[Or a wizard, or a voodoo daddy, or...]
Yeah. There might be one person.
[It's lucky he can think of at least one person here who is a known quantity, who won't want to see innocents hurt, and who just so happens to have three tough bodyguards.
Jimmy won't like it just like Nacho doesn't, but it seems like it might be his best option.]
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Yeah.
[He forces himself to hold Strange's gaze, even though he doesn't want to. He tries to sound matter-of-fact, although he's genuinely unsure if he succeeds.]
I can't do anything like what you did, but I can still hurt people, if I get caught up in it.
I don't want to hurt anybody. [No matter what Jimmy is implying on the network!!!]
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You'll feel it. At least, you'll feel something. A draw. Ignore it and you'll follow it sooner or later, without necessarily realising what you're doing or why, and then you're his - but if you catch it, there's time.
[ He hadn't caught it. There hadn't been time. But it does at least mean that he can help with this. ]
Do you have anyone you can rely on to keep you contained?
[ It's a small question with big implications. Stephen holds Nacho's gaze through the discomfort, the conversation important enough to warrant it. ]
Better if they're not vulnerable themselves.
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When Strange says there's time, there's some visible relaxation. Although, it's not all sunshine and roses. Nacho is still a relative newcomer here. He doesn't know how many people here can be trusted yet.
He sighs and rubs a hand over his face.]
So, like. Not dead, you mean?
[Or a wizard, or a voodoo daddy, or...]
Yeah. There might be one person.
[It's lucky he can think of at least one person here who is a known quantity, who won't want to see innocents hurt, and who just so happens to have three tough bodyguards.
Jimmy won't like it just like Nacho doesn't, but it seems like it might be his best option.]