[ It is totally a compliment. He only knows like two other magicians and one of them barely counts as competent in his mind. ]

I don't know...I think if we limit our outside sources to certain ones, then it might work. After all, the local effect of this place has nothing to do with some of the forces of nature itself. What few trees the Celebration has aren't the ones causing people to lose themselves.

[ it's all said in a very conversational tone, as if Strange is trying to piece together a particularly annoying puzzle. ]