Strange moves a little bit closer, keeping his voice lowered as he talks. "The theory itself sounds completely mad, so I'll have to work up to it. A while ago, I found a shard of an enchanted mirror—I was able to examine the enchantment and saw that the shard was enchanted to reveal the truth or dispel illusions."

Technically a cat gave him that shard of mirror, but Strange is keeping that weird detail to himself.

"When I stared into the mirror for a while, I saw scales on my face. Other awakened saw the same when they stared into the mirror."