"That war? Hmph..." Rita would like to say she doesn't know anything about that, but unfortunately she knows all too much, thanks to Lambert lending her whatever reading material he had handy back when she was recovering from poison.

"It's just not my style!" she eventually offers as a counterpoint. Yeah, sure, it's useful and convenient, but also, who wants to be more like Strange? Not Rita.

"Anyway," she adds, forcefully segueing to another topic, "I was meaning to ask you about something. I heard you're working on another book?"