Ciaran did vaguely hear what he was saying about it not being actual limbo, but he didn't reply right away because his brain was busy talking himself into circles of anxiety.
The elevator started to move, and then Dan's question seemed to be enough of a distraction from thinking about his mortal sin to keep him steady for the moment.
"Uh... I mean, less of an actual physical space, and more kinda... abstract than that," he said softly. "Or, if we were going to go literal, a little bit more dramatic, a litle bit more Dante," he added with a chuckle.