Her sudden invitation surprises Xix, almost as though it's some kind of trap, but he obliges her. "Well, my first question would be what 'this place' is, exactly," he admits, "I entered this body when Steph swallowed me, and that elevator up her spine took me all the way to her physical brain...but this gallery has metaphysical concepts. It's a world of metaphors. How could I have moved from a physical space to a mental construct...or have I? Maybe I'm dreaming inside Steph's mind and don't realize it?"