>palace rulers were people with desires so distorted they were incompatible with the collective desire to be imprisoned
>thus they escaped the prison of Mementos
>requests were people with desires that almost became distorted enough to turn into a palace
>therefore you encounter them outside of the prison of mementos, to represent how they were halfway to forming a palace and halfway from submitting to the collective unconscious
Shouldn't the more depraved requests be closer to the opening of Mementos then? Instead of getting more distorted as you get closer to the prison that keeps them from needing distorted desires