It's amazing how a grownass man can look so much like a lost puppy. Nightshade's gone? But where did she go? Why'd she leave him? He was doing good, he was about to beat up Peridot, and she just left? What the--

And then Lambert wakes up and socks him in the face. Really, this is enough to just knock Strange out completely and he falls to the floor with a thud. Somebody remember to drag his sorry ass to the Ringmaster for de-brainwashing once the ritual's been completed and everybody's back to the carnival.