Sometimes Childermass could be so damned stubborn. Of course he was going to keep bringing it up, he could still remember every action that man took, every hurt that he caused. He needed to make amends, partly for everybody but mostly for himself. But still...selfishly he's a little bit happy that Childermass doesn't want to talk about this. Dwelling on it makes his head hurt more than it does already. And if this meant that things would slowly return to what passed for normal between the two men, he'd take it.

Still, he stands where he is, watching as Childermass puts out the cigarette. Of course it's a terrible idea. That's the entire point.

"I think that Lambert suggested it precisely because it's a terrible idea," Strange can't help but point out, entirely oblivious to any sort of subtext or Portland secret boyfriend nonsense going on between the two. It's just a terrible idea because Lord only knows what sort of awful decisions Strange and Lambert would make while drunk and just how annoyed poor Childermass would be if he gets drawn into any of them. Still, that's going to be his only contribution to the 'get Childermass drunk' campaign, mostly because Strange knows it's an entirely futile effort.