"Maybe it meant that you would be less the real you."

The things that Ryoji said about the guy in the underworld reminded her of someone, a contact that she had made last year and lost last month. "Like how when you take drugs they can change your personality and abilities and even your appearance. Maybe it thought the underworld would do that to you." Which would speak against the idea that the two people Ryoji met had anything to do with one another.