Okay, so he didn't have as good a grasp of gem hiearchy as he thought. It might be hard to think right now but Strange knows that he should comfort Peridot. Right. He can do this. Just say nice things and don't be a dirtbag.

Since she's still a bigass dragon, he leans over towards her and very awkwardly pats her on the tail. "Peridot," Strange simply says. "Look...look at me in the eyes."

And if she does or doesn't he's just going to keep on giving a terrible pep talk. It's a bit slow and stumbly but it's certainly a pep talk. "You are not a nobody. You're the Engineer! You're smart and good at building those machines and you're certainly more brave than some of the other carnival members. You're amazing and you're important and Creation is stupid."