"I don't have any better ideas!" Strange snaps, annoyed tone in his voice. "She's a True Fae, Lambert, do you know what that means? None of us here could even attempt to match her power or undo her influence in the first place. I can only think of one magician who would have the slightest chance at doing something like that and it certainly isn't me!"
It's obvious the way his voice breaks, the way his hands start trembling despite the fact that Strange is trying to keep them calm, the way Strange just refuses to look Lambert in the eye, that he's scared as hell of Nightshade. He has to complete his contract, he has to save Arabella. He can't do that if he's enthralled by someone else. And for all his blustering and repression and trying to seem like everything fine, he's got this, Strange is absolutely terrified that what happened to him in Portland will happen again.
He takes a larger than expected swig of the alcohol to try and calm his nerves...but then discovers that this is like some 30% hooch and starts coughing and choking slightly.
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It's obvious the way his voice breaks, the way his hands start trembling despite the fact that Strange is trying to keep them calm, the way Strange just refuses to look Lambert in the eye, that he's scared as hell of Nightshade. He has to complete his contract, he has to save Arabella. He can't do that if he's enthralled by someone else. And for all his blustering and repression and trying to seem like everything fine, he's got this, Strange is absolutely terrified that what happened to him in Portland will happen again.
He takes a larger than expected swig of the alcohol to try and calm his nerves...but then discovers that this is like some 30% hooch and starts coughing and choking slightly.