Peter takes a breath. "A spell about creating a space within a space, hidden from other people. I don't know. It seemed like some dumb clubhouse thing when we were talking about it."
Stupid, why would I say that out loud to Dr. Strange, what am I, 12?, he thinks.
"I thought I could keep everyone else safe because I know how fucked up magic can get—"
May would kill him if she heard him say that to Dr. Strange or any of the other Adult-with-a-capital-A heroes, but May isn't around to — won't ever be around to — no, not right now, focus.
"But it was brainwashing me, too. I didn't go in the room where they're casting the spell. I don't know, I just, I snapped out of it, I guess. I have this sense that tells me when things are really wrong or dangerous and it kicked in."
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Stupid, why would I say that out loud to Dr. Strange, what am I, 12?, he thinks.
"I thought I could keep everyone else safe because I know how fucked up magic can get—"
May would kill him if she heard him say that to Dr. Strange or any of the other Adult-with-a-capital-A heroes, but May isn't around to — won't ever be around to — no, not right now, focus.
"But it was brainwashing me, too. I didn't go in the room where they're casting the spell. I don't know, I just, I snapped out of it, I guess. I have this sense that tells me when things are really wrong or dangerous and it kicked in."