There was no one standing nearby watching them. The crowd kept moving around them, and the doctor seemed to ignore them entirely. His focus was on Ellen and only Ellen. One corner of his lips quirked upward for a moment. If he had an advantage, he wasn't taking advantage of it. Rather, he seemed calm, cool, and collected. Very self contained.
"If I told you magic, would you believe me?" he asked. Yet his tone became very serious indeed as he added, "Because, magic. Magic broke a universal timeline, and that is why you are here, now."
After a few seconds, Stephen Strange tacked on a very mumbled, "My bad."