[Hmm... so she has no home outside of a game-type world, then? Maybe an AI, or a really advanced character? Or just a full-dive player, part of a system like SAO, only way more long term?

God, that makes him shudder. He can't imagine staying in a world like that longer than the time he'd already spent. But then again, if it's all he'd ever known...

Either way, he tries to backpedal.]

Ah, that's surprising, then! I can see why most people would assume something like that. But for others, it's just reality, you know?