I’d assume they have some sort of monitor or safeties in place for the Organic members of the party(kate, blue and phil) to prevent them from accidently starving themselves to hospitalized status.
i would presume that the events in the simulation occur at a speed different than the outside world.. sorta like how dreams do. also, who says that this is occurring right after the end of the previous session? it could be a few days later and we’ve just skipped all the boring stuff in between.
“It’s been two days”
I’d hope there’s something there to deal with muscle atrophy, because days of inactivity (effectively bed rest) will lead to a rapid loss of muscle tone for those that still have meat-spaceships.