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his back. Paralyzed. His leg wasted away.

He had pain in his shoulder

from the wheelchair.

He came in 3 times a week.

But one day he stopped coming.

I thought he was dead.

A few years later, he

walked past me on the street.

He walked? - Yeah, he walked.

- Bullshit. Show me his file.

It can take me a while to pull

the files from the archive.

But if it proves your arrogant ass wrong,

it's worth it.

I looked at all your research.

I read all the papers you've sent,

but... none will work.

I... I don't think you realize

how severe the damage is, I...

Look, here's the thing, I...

- At best, I'd try and fail.

Look, I understand.

Here's the thing. I...

What you want from me is

impossible, Stephen. - Come on...

I've got my own reputation to consider.

- Etienne, wait.

I can't help you...

- No. No, no, wait!

Hi.

He won't do it.

He's a hack.

There's a new procedure in Tokyo.

They culture donor stem cells

and then harvest them and

3D-print a scaffold.

If I could get a loan

together, just...

Stephen...

- A small loan, 200,000.

Stephen. You've always spent money

as fast as you could make it

but now you're spending money

you don't even have.

Maybe it's time to consider stopping.

No. Now is exactly the time not to stop.

Because, you see,

I'm not getting any better!

But this isn't medicine anymore.

This is mania.

Some things just can't be fixed.

Life without my work...

- Is still life.

This isn't the end. There are other things

that can give your life meaning.

Like what? Like you?

And this is the part where you apologize.

This is the part where you leave.

Fine. I can't watch you

do this to yourself anymore.

Too difficult for you, is it?

- Yes.

It is. And it breaks my heart to see

you this way. - No. Don't pity me.

I'm not pitying you.

- Oh yeah? Then what are you doing here?

Bringing cheese and wine as if we're

old friends going for a picnic?

We are not friends, Christine.

We were barely lovers.

You just love a sob story, don't you?

Is that what I am to you now?

Poor Stephen Strange, charity case.

He finally needs me. Another dreg

of humanity for you to work on.

Fix him up and send him back into

the world, heart is just humming...

You care so much! Don't you?!?

Goodbye, Stephen.

Told you so!

Pangborn, J.

Metropolitan General Hospital

Come on, man! Where is the competition?

You talk a lot!

Jonathan Pangborn, C7-C8 spinal

cord injury, complete.

Who are you?

- Paralyzed from the mid-chest down.

Partial paralysis of both hands.

I don't know you.

I'm Stephen Strange. I'm a

neurosurgeon. Was a neurosurgeon.

Actually, you know what, man?

I think I know you.

I came to your office once.

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