Think, yes! Act, no...

[And then he huffs out an impatient sigh, frustration building again.]

But... why are you being so mean to her?! Even if she could have freed herself somehow and never managed to, why do you have to be such a jerk about it?

This isn't like you...

[Like, it absolutely is like Strange, probably, but Steven has never witnessed this. Not in the carnival, anyway.]