( He takes so very little seriously. And if this had been a conversation in the magical journals — via clean and clinical and impersonal text — he might have been able to continue to brush it aside. But there’s something so immediate and so visceral about hearing this woman’s voice and that stab of chiding anger in it, and so Strange, for once, is chastened. He considers. )

Duly noted.

My name is Doctor Stephen Strange, by the by. Newly-arrived, as is apparent. I'm assuming you're a local?