As is his way, Steven responds to any inkling of regret on Strange's part viscerally, already turning to look at him with an expression of surprise and sympathy. For all there are probably things that Strange would be objectively better off if he stopped doing, Steven isn't hellbent on shaming anyone into changing.

If anything, he's desperate to find somewhere they can meet in the middle, and this feels like a welcome and unexpected invitation.

"Yeah, maybe," Steven says, flushing slightly as he looks back at his knees, but smiles a little at the same time. "Even... Even if I didn't want there to be, there's still a lot of things I'm kind of messed up about. Being a Harbinger made that really obvious."