Knocking someone the hell out is a go! Except, unlike when he knocked out the severely poisoned Reira and Sans, Strange's poison plus the mild hypothermia and slight dazed condition of the woman isn't enough to knock her out entirely. It's enough to throw her for a severe loop, however, as she staggers forward, with her hand to her head. She tries to move and get out of the smoke, but Strange is still there, just engulfing her head in the purple smoke and making her woozy and nauseous as hell.

"I can't cast in this form," Strange explains, as he continues to just linger around the woman's head. "You'll have to do the magic yourself."

Because whatever Guardian plan Rita's got to help save the day, it probably involves magic. After all, this is Rita.