[ Wow. It's a fair point, but not one that doesn't make Stephen want to roll his eyes so hard he goes temporarily blind. Still - it's an answer. He's fine. They're fundamentally in the worst place they could be and have just narrowly avoided complete annihilation, but he's standing up. It'll do for now.

The little critter in Strange's arms, though, has no such propensity to generate frustration from any act of Lan Wangji's it reasonably can. Instead it reaches out to catch his finger, nudge it with the damp glob of its own.

Then the question of the eye, and Stephen's bravado briefly drops as he throws him a sideways glance. ]

Truthfully? No idea. [ But, importantly: ] If there are any consequences to face, they'll be mine. But I won't be opening it again down here unless we run into another one of those things and need it. It lured the last one.

[ So... about those consequences only being yours to face, Stephen? ]