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Perhaps. My beloved daughter - the spraypaint enthusiast - is not exactly conductive to a restful holiday.

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[ Ah. More shared worlds, close connections. There's a lot of that going around here. ]

Better to be worrying about a city than a daughter left to her own devices in it.

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[ Bit taken aback by that, because it resonates. ]

Yes. Yes, that much is true.

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If she doesn't have any luck tracking down the paint herself, she can get in touch. Dr. Stephen Strange.

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Ah, that explains the name shown; I thought perhaps you simply considered yourself an oddity.

Silco, of Zaun. No house names for the undercity. My daughter is Jinx.

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No, the shoe just happens to fit. I neglected to mention I'm a sorcerer.

I don't think I'll struggle to remember either of those.

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Magic? Interesting. Is that an acceptable thing to be, where you're from?

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Not historically. But I've landed on the right side of popular opinion for the most part.

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Lucky you.

How's your magical chemistry?

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Is this a prelude to you asking if I'll remake your mystery drug?

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Could you?

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Did you arrive with any at all?

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Not conventionally.

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Meaning there's still some in your bloodstream?

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[ Smart man. Though he isn't thinking of his own. ]

Could you work with it, in blood?

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Potentially. If it's magical in nature, there's a chance I could skip the lab. If not, jury's out.

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Hard to say. Where is the line between mutation and magic?

[ Is chemtech magic? Is 616 Wanda's magic less magic because she's a mutant? Sorry to make you think about this bullshit. ]

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Give me a sample and we'll find out.

[ Excited to overthink about this in great detail. Though, for right now... ]

But to be clear: if I can do it, it'll be on prescription.

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I see.

Can I trust in your discretion, doctor? Walking around with an 'experimental miracle drug' in his blood could make a man nervous.

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You can. I'd hope we all have bigger concerns than gossiping about the contents of one another's bloodstreams.

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Appreciated. I'll contact you again when there's a sample at the clinic.

[ Of Jinx's blood, given she's the one whose veins all but run pink after Singed saved her. But he, more than anyone, understands that the substance is a valuable weapon or medicine, and he has no intention of putting his daughter at risk of being experimented on. ]

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Sure. Until then.