No, that makes sense, Research needs you more for this right now.

If there’s anything I can do to help. Or if it’s just splitting a bottle of wine later and kvetching about the paperwork headache he’s left you. I’m available for whichever.

( It might sound light on the surface, but she’ll notice that stiff brittleness to his humour; Strange doesn’t crack jokes out of disrespect for Stark’s memory. More the opposite. )