I'm still not sure androids is the answer, but maybe it's because I don't really get what androids are. Did you really think I was kidding when I said I'm not around tech very much? Most of this is brand new to me.

...but I could maybe buy that we're in an in-between. [Other than he knows better, but he is trying to keep his word and will let someone else explain.] When we die back home, we have to go into the Underworld and wait to be judged and sorted into one of three places. Maybe that's it.

And that could explain why we can't override Alice's programming. She shut that door pretty fast. Bet she didn't think we could break in.