How on Earth is he supposed to answer both of those questions in a relatively brief manner? Strange pauses the conversation for a moment as he continues dancing, mostly to try and find a brief way to explain without dragging Rita into more of his world's nonsense.

"It's a dangerous curse, one that almost killed me. The death of the enchanter managed to stabilize it, but not remove it. And it happened because I went to the realm of faerie to try and save my wife. The fae that kidnapped her took my arrival badly." Which, granted, it is still kind of Strange's fault for getting cursed, but at least in his mind, that's a perfectly serviceable motive for dumb actions.