[Good job Ren, that was the right answer. This is The Place Where You Talk To People, if she doesn't have a safe space she'll probably just pass out somewhere when it becomes too much. So in the meantime, she smiles and hugs his arm again.]

Good! Sojiro did tell you to take care of me at some point, so I'm gonna cash in that cheat code now.

[Anyway, she's got a Ren, a place to sleep, and presumably curry. Since her base desires are now satisfied, it's time to get into the fun stuff.]

Sooooo it's a space that isn't the 'real' world, but isn't the Metaverse... is this ike what was happening with Mementos fusing with reality? Oh, wait, do you know that part yet?