“That would make sense. It is a very active drug, and if it’s slowly eating away at your memories over the long-term, then presumably cessation should help those effects.” Strange doesn’t sugarcoat it — he doesn’t really know how — although, blessedly, he doesn’t launch into a tangent about deteriorating neurons. “And as you say, you can still swing a sword, you can still fight, at the end of the day you’re still a well-trained and experienced warrior.”

There’s a small flicker of dry humour at the corner of his mouth, perhaps ill-advised, but: “If you ever feel like putting on a workplace presentation for your coworkers, called something like I’m A Year And A Half Off Lyrium And I Feel Fine And I Can Still Kick Ass… I’m just saying.”