"If she really was our friend, she would have told us about the Courts earlier," Strange points out. "And I know it was her right to do so and I know that it's a well-established fact by now that I do not do well with secrecy, but we wouldn't have been in this mess if we knew from the beginning."

Granted, they would be in an entirely different mess. But maybe it would be a mess with less kidnapping and blunt mental trauma. If they knew that everyone viewed the Ringmaster as a traitor to the point of outright kidnapping her, how different would all this be?

Also granted, this might be Strange's big ol'issues with people keeping secrets at the wheel.

"You're right, though. There isn't an alternative to getting her back."