"Funny. You say it was all stick, no carrot, and yet when I served Nightshade, I would have argued that there were plenty of rewards." Unfortunately for him, Strange had all his memories back at that point, so that was the one part of Portland that he could easily remember. Under her thrall, he would have happily argued that service itself would be a reward.

This is definitely different, though. It's less blind devotion, Strange could tell that already. And, no matter what the Prince may think, his mental control didn't run as deep and as thoroughly as Nightshade's did. After all, Julien's hesitating.

"Live up here, in the light? A bit of an odd thing to say considering that the entire realm's shrouded in darkness."