Strange gives Dark a look that plainly states whatever angle he's thinking of, it's probably a terrible one.

"What you need is to lay low and stay calm. We'll find you eventually." Partly because of the carnival's own attitude towards saving others, partly because one of Strange's friends is also captured and he's going to try and tear this place apart until he finds them. "It won't do you any good if you've attracted the animals' attention before ours."