'After we drug him' is where Ione tunes fully back in again, as opposed to just processing the planning going past her: she is not likely to be posing as Kel, and on the other hand, she might need to --

"Who is doing the drugging, and how do we want it administered, because that changes formulation. Um, and the answer to the first also changes the answer to the second. Strength isn't an issue, I could do unconscious for five minutes or unconscious for five hours easily enough. Or five days, but that seems excessive."