[Well, that saves her having to ask whose orders she would so blindly follow, and shows that she's trapped, but it doesn't explain the peculiar decor. But why the room is decorated like this is further down the list of her questions.]

All right. Well, like you said, it at least gives us time to talk.
Perhaps we could start at the very beginning.

Who is the man who brought us here? A tall man dressed in a black suit, a black hat, and holding something. Please tell me about him.