[ She would be infinitely in his debt for the information. If he's looking for a guaranteed Social Link rank up, he's getting it! ]

It does bring more questions to mind than it answers... [ The game mechanics, though her experience with video games (harhar) is limited to this. ] A distraction in and of itself wouldn't be surprising, although a convoluted one at that. My understanding is limited, but the amount of time in resources put into this makes it unlikely. There must be something else going on.