Why's he put on the spot? Why's he the one who's getting questions about 9S, go bother Lambert about this, Syrlya! Never mind the fact that Strange was the one who started the gossip in the first place.

"To start with, I don't think Rita's world has any androids. And if they do, they aren't as complex as 9S is. Anyway, that doesn't matter." Strange turns towards Lambert and tries to sound a bit more like his normal, smug self. "What matters is that I can scry directly into the lake."

Suck on that, everybody who calls his scrying useless.