[ Unfortunately, while Strange is happy to go on and on and on about magic bullshit, Lambert isn't much of a speculator when it doesn't relate to stabby applications. ]

I've got no fucking idea. [ He states it plainly, the auditory equivalent of a shrug. ]

The Severing seemed like a pretty one of a kind deal, the kind of solution you only come up with because you're desperate and you only get one shot at. I got the impression the ritual to break it was the same. [ He pauses, thinking. ] As far as I knew, the Severing was killing the Earth Spirit because it was drawing on its power. No power, no spell -- that's what most people were betting on.

Like Strange said, though, most of us didn't have our memories. So it's not like I was the one planning any of this shit out.