Ah. That's to be expected. He's been out here for a while, Arabella's probably talked to various people since she arrived (a brief thought of horror flashes through his head, oh god what if she talked to Lambert, he doesn't need Arabella berating him for his shit taste in friends.) Still, as long as it's just the carnival, he can work with that. Let's not bring up some of the other fae nonsense he's gotten himself into.

"Before I answer this, I must know: what was the last thing that happened for you back in England or elsewhere?"

He knows about timeline nonsense thanks to Childermass. But if this is a younger Arabella, an Arabella who hasn't yet been taken to faerie...well, Strange believes in keeping things open and not keeping secrets, but he must keep that secret if the opportunity arises.