The Ancient One
I've spent so many years peering through time, looking at this exact moment. But I can't see past it. I've prevented countless terrible futures, and after each one, there's always another, and they all lead here but never further.
Strange
You think this is where you die.
The Ancient One
You wonder what I see in your future?
Strange
No. Yes.
The Ancient One
I never saw your future, only its possibilities. You have such a capacity for goodness. You've always excelled, but not because you crave success, but because of your fear of failure.
Strange
It's what made me a great doctor.
The Ancient One
It's precisely what's kept you from greatness. Arrogance and fear still keep you from learning the simplest and most significant lesson of all.
Strange
Which is?
The Ancient One
It's not about you. When you first came to me, you asked me how I was able to heal Jonathan Pangborn. I didn't. He channels dimensional energy directly into his own body.
Strange
He uses magic to walk.
The Ancient One
Constantly. He had a choice, to return to his own life or to serve something greater than himself.
Strange
So I could have my hands back again. My old life?
The Ancient One
You could, and the world would be all the lesser for it. I hated drawing power from the Dark Dimension, but as you well know, sometimes, one must break the rules in order to serve the greater good.
Strange
Mordo won't see it that way.
The Ancient One
Mordo's soul is rigid and unmovable, forged by the fires of his youth. He needs your flexibility, just as you need his strength. Only together do you stand a chance of stopping Dormammu.
Strange
I'm not ready.
The Ancient One
No one ever is. We don't get to choose our time. [Takes his hand] Death is what gives life meaning. To know your days are numbered, and your time is short. You'd think after all this time, I'd be ready. But look at me. Stretching one moment out into a thousand…just so that I can watch the snow.
[Her grasp on Strange's hand vanishes as she dies.]
