I threw myself away to the enemy knowing I could withstand whatever torture they put me through. If I had known now what I knew then... [ And Strange pauses for a moment. ]

I would have let Miss Hiragi offer herself instead.

[ Hot damn, is he ashamed to admit that! But it's the truth. He went into this situation thinking that Ignatius would be as bad as Nightshade was. Considering that, from Strange's perspective, he was only a fraction as terrible as Nightshade? That meant others could and would have survived. The experience would have probably fucked poor Yuzu up seven ways to Sunday, but she wouldn't be tortured. She'd make it out alive. And she'd be a hell of a lot easier to take down than he was.

Strange awkwardly rubs at the mirrored scratches around his wrist as he deliberately doesn't make eye contact with Childermass. ]