"I never said you were a bother," Strange calmly remarks, with a little confused frown. No, if anything, he thought he implied he was the bother. After all, he was the one who said he'd annoy the rest of acquisitons for petty gossip, there's nothing more bothersome than that.

That confused frown still stays on Strange's face as Tyki goes from laughing (okay) to calm (okay???) all in the span of a few seconds. Having turned into smoke to get up here in the first place, Strange is still sitting still as Tyki stands up. He'll move after the other man gets out of breathing range, he knows he's a smidge poisonous.

Though, the information about Childermass in the manor...Strange can't help but nod at that. "He pulled off a remarkably dangerous heist only to come back to everything literally falling apart. I don't blame the man for being a bit off."