Syrlya freezes, all the aggravation slowly melting from his face and his back straightens up as he stares at Strange. He's actually struck silent, making a struggled attempt to speak that fails to actually produce any sound and instead it just leaves him looking at Strange numbly.

There's a lot of reasons for why Strange's rescue resulted in a lot more blood, starting with the fact that he made Lambert promise as much to begin with were he ever enthralled (and what do they do with the kidnapped), but the blame grips Syrlya coldly and he finds he doesn't have it in him to argue.

He shakes his head, a little of the confidence lost in his tone. "And that we had to do it is exactly why I wish you wouldn't dive headfirst into things that can be catastrophic to you. No one wanted it to come to that!"