[She smiles as warmly as she can, honestly not sure how to begin, so...rather than dither about it she just launches into it, drat the consequences or his reaction. At least he was sitting.]

This is the hard to believe part. You aren't in your world anymore. You aren't dead, but you're not home anymore, either. This place is a sort of...world between worlds.

[She pauses, waiting for the denial she thought was inevitable.]