It feels like it should be working, like it's almost working, but it's just not connecting properly. Like trying to thread a needle, but the thread keeps slipping to the side. Strange casts any spell he can think of, improvising off already established ones and creating a few things wholesale just to try and see if he can break the enchantment. He can feel the attempts get closer and closer, but nothing's breaking it yet.

It's then that Strange remembers that the last time he broke an enchantment, there was a physical trigger: the act of kissing Arabella. This is obviously different but...well, look, it was worth a shot. There's something there. Both he and Lambert know it. And Strange is just too damn sure of himself to accept the fact that he might not be able to break this magic.

"Hold it still for another minute or so as I lower us to the ground. I need to touch the horse for this next bit of magic." There's an awkward pause before, "It's unorthodox, but it might work."

He's gonna smooch a horse.