Three years after D Genesis Dungeon

"I'm sorry to be late. I'm caught by Miyauchi-san." "Tenko-san, how are you?"

Naruse, who came into the office, laughed vaguely, took off her jacket and immediately took out the documents from her bag and handed it to Miyoshi.

"We have all the documents and documents for Yokohama. If you sign this, you can use it from February."

Even in this era, it is interesting that important documents are paper. The contract seems to be complete when Miyoshi signs the documents.

"This is the sales contract on the first floor." "Oh, did you give permission to resell?" "Yes. The asset status is sufficient, so it is judged that irresponsible negligence can cope well." Is a lease agreement for one layer underground. This was really hard. "

After all, we had only rented one tsubo, and the lease in the dungeon was virtually undefined.

"I was working late at night, but I was grateful at the end." "Thank you?" "Yes, thanks to that, the details were packed before the safe area was discovered."

"Safe area?" "That's why you came together? I was discovered the other day at the place where I went down to the 32nd floor." "Oh, I see, so."

If such a thing had been found at the place where you descended, nobody would have been on the 31st floor.

"Eh?" "No. Well, I was fortunate to be lucky or not thirsting to dig a well."

So a little awkward silence came. All you can hear is the sound of Miyoshi signing the paper sliding his pen.

"So, thank you ..."

Naruse was thankful. Probably help for the 31st layer. I knew that, but that's a promise.

"What's that?" "No. I just wanted to thank you." "Oh, there's something like that."

Then we laughed white. Miyoshi, who was looking sideways, shrugged a little and took out one memory card and handed it to Mr. Naruse.

"What's this?" "Be sure to watch alone. I'd recommend burning the card when you're done." "Eh?"

Miyoshi pushed the signature on the signed document, attached a seal certificate, and handed it to Mr. Naruse.

"Ah, yes ... yes, it's okay. Thank you."

"Now, Senpai. You'll be busy again!"

"No, you may have a D-card identification problem before that." "Ah! I remembered! Naruse-san, a person whose status measurement device can't measure the status from a person who doesn't have a D-card. "Huh? ... Speaking of which, my boss called me over the weekend and asked me, was that something wrong?"

If the information remains in the JDA, there is no problem. The problem is that it's flowing out.

"Miyoshi. That's that. There was an inquiry from the University Entrance Examination Center to the JDA, and I had to take some action. By the way, I remembered Mr. Naruse's report ... Well, Sakai-san? "Well, what's the story?"

We talked to Naruse, who was nervous, about the large number of emails that had arrived over the past two days and what they were.

"That's right. I think it would be awkward if this were handled individually here."

After all, it was originally an inquiry that came to JDA. It would be a weird story to reply from here.

It's about devices that have just been announced and aren't on the market, and the inquirers should know that they can't be satisfactorily prepared in a month. It's not surprising that the person in charge wants to place an order on a first-come, first-served basis even when flying.

It is clear that if we contact the university directly here, the contact and support of each university will occur and it will not be a problem that can be handled by two people. The performer can be relentlessly contacted because there is only one destination, but if a lot of the recipients do the same thing, it is like a DoS attack, and it is assured that nothing can be done.

"Okay. I'll try to contact Saiga tomorrow. It was late Friday, so I'm probably going to raise it up yesterday and come to a conclusion today. , I guess it's about tomorrow that we're going down here. "" Even though there's no due date, the footwork is still bad. "" It's like a government office. "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "No. So, I would like to know the most about the capacity, but I just contacted the manufacturer. I'll tell you if you understand it. "

"That's right. If you look at it, Japan has 86 national and 200 public and public. There are 600 private, universities," yes "," It's impossible, I guess there's nothing about one in each school. "

When I knew it, Mr. Naruse nodded.

`` So, don't sell them individually, but when the number of available units becomes clear on a daily basis, check the entrance exam date, set a schedule there, and use it as much as possible so that you can follow up to the maximum I think it's better to do it. "" I see, I'll tell you again tomorrow.

Looking at her begging for time, Miyoshi and I looked up and stopped Naruse-san.

"Ah, please wait a minute" "Eh?" "It's one level in Yokohama, but it's a 10-year contract with D-Powers." "Yes" "That's right. I have a consultation ... "" Yes? "

Mr. Naruse wrinkled in the eyebrows to Miyoshi's sudden remarks.

"Well, can I have coffee?"

Saying that, Miyoshi stood up.

Naruse felt that the story wasn't going to end soon, and sat down on her couch, sitting down on her sofa. I was batted by Miyoshi and started talking.

"Sometimes it's quite annoying, some seem to hold your head, and some must be incredibly troublesome. Which one do you want to hear?"

Naruse heard this and raised his mouth while sweating on his forehead.

"Um ... Is it okay to go home without asking all of them?" "It's not highly recommended as a JDA staff member or as a D-Powers full-time staff. I think it's better to put it in. "" It looks like you're being threatened ... then please give me the order of the least shocks. "

"Let's start with Yokohama." "Yes."

"It's one layer in Yokohama, but it's not really one layer."

Naruse shook his head as if he had heard something wrong.

"It's the word of the contract, but it says 'current one layer'." "Yes, I thought it was a bit weird ...." "Actually, it is believed that it is one layer now In terms of dungeons, layers are lower than 20 layers. "

What I'm talking about, to Mr. Naruse, who had a question mark on her face, I explained the hypothesis that one step of the stairs was one layer.

Miyauchi: "I've seen the hypothesis that the landing is on the dungeon floor, but I've seen it on your channel ..." "Yeah. At first glance it sounds like a ridiculous sound, but it was actually true. I don't know what it is until I investigate it in the future. "" Why did you know? "

Yes, that is the story of this story.

"Actually, they dropped." "Drops? Oh, maybe ores?"

I nodded silently and explained to her the mineral selection hypothesis of mining in a derailment. Eventually I needed to explain it, and I thought it was a good opportunity. It also explains what you drop in Yokohama.

"Is it possible to choose minerals to drop freely?"

Naruse heard that astonishingly.

"It's possible. There's even greater potential, but it's kind of ... it's difficult."

We talked about the new level of drop minerals by Wheat, the purpose of this search.

"To test the hypothesis, I asked Wheat from layer 21 to layer 24. What do you think she would drop?" "It's a jewelry or jewelry-related, in other words Precious metal, isn't it? "

I explained the drop ore on each floor.

"21 layers of gemstones, 22 layers of platinum, 23 layers of silver, 24 layers of palladium?"

Naruse was surprised to hear the results.

"But what kind of gemstone is a gemstone?"

I took her to the restroom and showed the minerals still lined up there.

"Eh, do they all drop on one floor?" "Yes. This is a new possibility."

I returned to my seat and talked about how she dropped the "gemstone".

"I couldn't decide because I could imagine all the roughs, so did the drop be decided by the gemstones?" "We think so" "So, if you think of nickel, cobalt and magnesium, there are three types What will be the floor where you drop? "

I explained that it would be difficult without the concept of putting them together well, and even if it was so, it would fail if someone who could think so deeply did not challenge it.

"That's why new development of the floor is very detailed about the metal you want to drop, and it will be bad if you do not let it be affectionate or paranoid. "Well, what do you think is the closest metal to us?" "It's probably iron." "Yes. Probably iron.

Because of that, if you drop the ore without thinking about it, there is a high probability that it will become iron.

"Huh? Isn't it a mineral for every floor?" Then, if you do bad things-"" It can be a terrible result that all floor iron drops "

He told me that he was actually dropping iron on the 31st floor despite being careful.

"I understand the story, but it's a bit like to defeat monsters in the 25th layer and beyond." "Well, that's the problem."

If this were a D-card, it would be something that could be done with the Ahsha method, but not the mining. Raising wheat is a major struggle.

"For a while, Mr. Wheat will study the metal and try to challenge the 25th layer and later, but when mining begins to spread, if it is planned to drop it in an unplanned way I may be troubled later. "

"If you're a normal explorer, you're hoping that even if you get mining right now, you'll still give priority to those who earn on the 21-24 layer wheat floor--" These are the people who are involved in mining. "" Yes. There is a high possibility of testing in Yoyogi. "

However, there is probably no metal expert who is a searcher who can defeat enemies in the 25th layer and beyond. There should be more than enough chance to get appropriately young and promising explorers to use mining. After all, most humans will assume that the ore they drop is randomly determined. And metal touched by excellent searchers with little experience in life? I didn't feel like the probability of iron dropping increased.

"Okay, but when this information spreads, you could think of practicing in a public dungeon in another country and then performing in your own dungeon." "There is plenty of potential. "I will escalate this too."

Naruse finished taking notes and closed the file.

"Would it be a wheat floor anyway? For professional explorers, it's going to be a drooling floor." "It's a lot of fun for the 21st floor, but it's not stable because it's so much value economically. At the moment, few explorers will be able to judge which gem will be worth it. "" It is necessary to create a guide. Even if you shoot this drop product? "

Probably used for guide samples.

"Good, Miyoshi?"

Miyoshi was making a drip in the kitchen and made a circle on his head.

"And the 23 layers of silver are cheaper than the others, and the 22 and 24 layers are likely to make very good money, but the metal is rather heavy."

It will be difficult to bring a lot. That said, it should be an order of magnitude more than before. However, if there is mining, there is a condition.

"By the way, this story is very useful information, but what is the relationship between it and one layer of Yokohama?"

So Miyoshi brought coffee.

"Oh thank you"

I sipped it and said it.

"That's it, but in fact, when you sell what you drop, is it Naruse-san or JDA? In the future, you may need to negotiate with De Beers in the future."

The diamond cartel officially ended in 2000, and although the Central Sales Agency only operates as a DTC (Diamond Trading Company), it is impossible to know where chacha will come from depending on the quantity. It is said that the effects of Brexit will loosen regulations, but it is.

"What is that?" "Diamonds drop on the first floor in Yokohama." "Yes?"

Naruse-san looked like he was picked by a fox. I took three diamonds dropped from Yokohama and put them in front of her.

"Well, it looks like it's of good quality. And it's not rough, but it's already cut?" "When I saw him, it was right. The cut was a round brilliant and very "Why is this?"

"When we dropped it, we thought that place was just one layer, and we didn't think anything other than the story of the diamond that happened to be talking about." "The result is--"

I pointed at three diamonds.

"Mr. Wheat says that the cuts are almost the same, so it might be possible to judge whether it is from a dungeon." "Such a thing" In this genre there are places like psychics, so it may be limited to wheat.

I said with a laugh, but Mr. Naruse nodded with an extremely serious face.

"Well, that led to the possibility of selectively dropping the ore," "I see."

"I don't have to worry about selling it to the JDA, but when the number increases, I don't know where to say what, so I'm just talking about it."

In some cases, even the difficulties that WDA uses for laundering can be added if you want to. Naruse-san rolled the diamond with the tip of a pen and said, "But this may be a problem in terms of rent."

It's definitely a problem if you know you've borrowed a layer because you knew the diamond would drop. But that was not the purpose. No one will believe it now.

When she heard that, she put her coffee cup on a saucer and said with a smile.

"It's okay to drop it in February, so we were lucky, we" "Eh?" "Well, nobody thinks that minerals come out of one layer? "Miyoshi ..." "Well, that's right. Nobody wants to make a meaningless wave, right?"

Naruse smiled bitterly when she heard it.

"... Well, yes, but where is the least shocking topic?" "It's a pretty annoying story."

"Okay, I haven't heard of this until next month when it's sold. I'm sure you'll be surprised if Dia goes on sale, too. "If you think it's going to happen, please contact us." "Please. There are low quality rough stones and artificial diamonds, so I would like to believe that there is no big problem, but maybe another category like a light box May be born. "

De Beers created and sold an artificial diamond brand last September. That is a light box. At about 1/10 the price of a natural diamond, they sold pink, blue and white in fashion jewelry. Dungeon brand stones may be categorized into special brands. If you can tell it apart, though.

"understood"

"So, next is a story that seems to hold my head." "Yes." "Actually, only here, I met Dr. Tyler in a dungeon."

When Naruse heard that, she frowned and shook her head so that she couldn't understand the story I just heard.

"What is Dr. Tyler on that last page?" "Yes" "Did you die in Nevada three years ago?" "Yes" "That is, Dr. Tyler managed to escape from The Ring Is that alive? "

Naruse was surprised and leaned forward.

"Hmm. How about that?"

So I explained the situation when I met him. Naruse-san was listening to it with a completely unrecognizable expression as to whether he could understand or not.

"In other words, the dungeon? Dr.? Did you create it?" "Well, I think that's the most accurate expression."

Naruse said with a glance like seeing a poor thing. No, no, no, Mulder. I was in a hurry and stressed that it was neither a joke nor a paranoid.

"So, really?"

I nodded.

"Well, maybe there's an image?" "No. It should have been recorded, but it wasn't reflected in anything."

Naruse was openly discouraged. That is, there is no evidence to persuade others.

"Anyway, we heard from him about what happened in Nevada three years ago."

She listened stunnedly at the story that the SF novel just said.

"... As a result of an experiment conducted in Nevada, a dungeon was created as a result of learning about humanity by breaking down and investigating 27 people who were at the experimental site and connected to a world that we could not understand. Is it true? "

27. It's strangely the same number as the books that make up the New Testament. Of course, by chance, the dungeon might try to make it meaningful.

"So, it was like a crash between a passenger aircraft and a UFO, and it was an unfortunate accident." "Yes" "And were you throwing the whole thing out of letting you decide whether to publish this fact?" "I don't like political bargaining." "Huh ..." "Is there a consultation on whether this should be the US, JDA, or the Japanese government? "

Naruse rubbed his eyes as if he was tired, and said, "No, it was a story before telling me to tell or not tell me, this is it."

"Well, you should be asked how you knew how to do it, but then did you say you met a dead person in a dungeon and heard that?" "Well, that's right." It's no wonder that it's just slandering, and it's impossible at least from my position. "" Well, I think there's no help for it. "I think so." "It's essentially that problem."

Naruse exhaled deeply and said so. He raised his face and heard that he had given up.

"Yes, I had my head, so what's the last story that must be incredibly troublesome?" "It has something to do with Dr. Tyler's story right now."

When he cut it out, Naruse frowned with an openly disgusted face.

"First, we named something on the other side of the dungeon Demi-Urgos because we are creating the dungeon out of our consciousness." "Is that right?" "Also, Dantsk is OK. Dr. Tyler liked this."

She smiled at Miyoshi's story and immediately withdrew it.

"Is that contacting something on the other side ...?"

Hmm. Is it okay to call that a contact ... If you trust the word "imagery scenery", can you call it a contact?

"I can't say it, but we heard about the purpose of Demi Urgos there." "Why did you make a dungeon in this world?"

I silently nodded.

"The purpose of Demi Urgos is-" "What is the purpose?" "It seems to want to serve humanity." "... Yes?"

What are you talking about? Asked Mr. Naruse with his eyes on the eyes.

"Would you like to serve humanity?" "Well, it's almost like that." "I don't understand the meaning." "Well.

"Does something that wants to serve mankind break down the 27 humans?" "No, it's the reverse order ..." "Something that instantly creates such a magical world is to humanity I don't know what I want to do, "let's serve."

Hmmm, I don't even know that.

"But listening to your intentions means that you've been able to communicate?" "How about that ...?" "Oh?"

Naruse is bending her eyebrows into a shape of a letter with an increasingly uncertain face.

"Umm. I guess she's not going to be anymore, she--maybe--it's a lonely, kind-hearted, M-like maid who wants to serve humanity. "Senior abandoned explanation!"

Miyoshi fluttered her eyes and fell with Bosun on the sofa.

"I don't care if you believe it or not, but we've received that information, so we've reported it to the JDA, and then say, please, like it." "I don't know the situation at all." "So, it's just as I explained earlier. Is it good, Naruse-san!" "Yes!" Met Dr. Tyler, who had died three years before the dungeon was reconstructed in the dungeon, and the situation at that time, and what he thinks is across the dungeon-his Creator -I heard about that. "" Um ... "" Whether it's a vision we saw in the dungeon or it's a reality, it doesn't matter at this time. It is real for "I didn't think so," "Huh," "So, when we reported the contents that seemed too important as an investigator's duty, it was just that. So what we did was Naruse-san. JDA's decision. "" Well? "

Miyoshi raised her upper body from the sofa and gave one piece of advice to Mr. Naruse.

"Mr. Naruse, can the JDA contact the SDF?" "Eh? Yeah, well." "Team I, but otherwise, Simons in the US are fine, but finally I have 31 layers. It's a good idea to listen to the time you met, well, just before the safe area was discovered, but I think everyone remembers it. "

Miyoshi continued his words without answering it directly.

"And look at the time I left Yoyogi that day. I'll know." "... I don't know, but I'll do it anyway."

With that said, Naruse sank down on the sofa as if he was tired.

"How is it? It seems incredibly troublesome." "What are you proud of, or rather, it's just a prank of D-Powers, right now?"

That's right, Miyoshi nodded, and handed her one thing.

"Okay, please eat and refresh this." "Thank you.

She said so while stripping it. The moment the claw was put on the skin, the refreshing scent of citrus spread throughout the room, as if it had dispelled the muddy air of the past.

"Yeah, but it's a dungeon-like fruit like that." "Huh? A fruit like a dwarf? Dungeon? Is there a fruit in Yoyogi?"

According to Naruse, who was excited and raised her waist half, the only example of finding edible fruit in a dungeon was finding tree strawberries on a shallow floor in a dungeon in Europe. . So if this is a dungeon, it's the second case in the world.

"Moreover, it's a high-end fruit. If it's distributed, I'm worried about the impact on farmers." "Well, there is no choice but to do something about not shipping dungeon products from January to March. By the way, I discovered a 21-story unexplored area. "

Miyoshi handed over the data such as map data to Mr. Naruse.

"Thank you"

Mr. Naruse said, looking at the open map while checking the received data on the tablet immediately.

"What is this X?" "The orchard is at the foot of the hill where the X is. Our base is located at the position of the X." ? "

Repeat the words while saying "Kyoton".

"Yes, it's like a camp for exploration." "It's a 21-layer unexplored area?" As you did, it is an area that can not be banned. "" Eh, yeah, I guess so, but if you ask how and how large was built? " Well, it's about 10m in diameter and height ... how many. There's no 10m.

The data that Miyoshi immediately connected to the TV and played back showed a beautiful view of the orchard's path, the hill, and the lake that stretched beyond it. Naruse, who is truly astonished, was surprised by the cylindrical dome attached to the building.

"This ... how did you bring it in?"

So Miyoshi got up and started talking about the Hoi Poi capsule. I told Miyo-san, but since I have left my base, I need to report to JDA. If you hide it poorly, it will be more troublesome later. However, because this is a fake item, the name is not displayed even if touched. What to do there.

"Huh ?! What's that item?" "Probably the acquisition report will be included in the next declaration." "Is that all you need to enter? Like a magic box? "No, it's just like ... it's only a single thing. I guess the size of the house is the limit. I've never tried the limit." "Oh, so ... I can report this. "I guess it's known in the declaration anyway, but now that the safe area has been found, I don't think we can hide it too much. But for now, just leave it in the dungeon management section."

There was only that thing with the D-card acquisition check device, and Miyoshi was casually injured by JDA's guilt. As expected, it's black.

At the early stage of the development of the safe area, the speed of development differs depending on whether generators or heavy equipment can be brought in or not. Of course, the ground in the dungeon can't be dug up in any way, so what kind of development will actually be done will be after a survey has been completed. I guess you'll get a request for cooperation at that time, but Naruse-san wouldn't be used for anything more convenient.

"Well, I understand .... But it's amazing. I don't think it's in a dungeon."

While watching the video being played, Naruse-san said, "I'm sorry."

"Um. There's replenishment, so why don't you go once?" "Is it true? Please, please!"

While pointing at the momentum, I pointed to the crap.

"Well, that's why I want you to find out who the citrus is by DNA testing." , So you should have a lot of citrus DNA information. I'll ask you here. "Thank you. I'm okay with a half dozen samples."

Miyoshi packed it in a bag and went to the kitchen.

"Even so, every time D Powers returns from the dungeon, I feel like I'll be doing more work ..." "Okay, then one last piece of advice." Is it? "

"The safe area was found on 32 levels," "yes," "but the important thing is 31 levels."

Yes, we considered Miyoshi, but the 31st layer is a miraculous layer. After all, you can imagine that the seven temples are probably like a boss room in Yokohama. And the great thing about that floor is that the repop time is much shorter than in Yokohama. I don't know the details, but I think that the difference between the capacity of Yoyogi and Yokohama is probably related to the concentration of D-factor.

And if it's like Gachadan, if the appearance character changes, it will be treated as a dungeon even though it is a different space that may keep the experience value in a fresh state (possibly) The treasure chest potion (5) is also really delicious. Of course, there is a big risk in the structure that you can not enter once you enter, but monsters like Kime Jesus will not appear anymore.

Once the monsters and strategies have been established, the floor should be extremely useful for breeding.

And there are still no pops in that central square. In other words, you may be able to keep the equipment without worrying about slime. Of course, having a building outside the dungeon is not unlikely to come out of nowhere ... but otherwise you could bring in a bigger force, such as a small cannon.

"I would like to have 31 bases if possible."

Then you can use it for high level boot camps.

"Probably the first group of applications will be about 32 layers, so I feel like I will pass if I apply .... Should I apply?"

I nodded at Miyoshi's face. If there are 32 layers, there will not be 30,000 tsubo with 31 layers. Even so, a square occupies about 30 tsubo, so it is said that it is 12 million a year. I want to hold down what can be held down.

"Well, please also. If it is the same as the 21st layer, it will be free," Miyoshi laughed. "I don't know until I raise it," Naruse responds with a smile.

Scary, you guys, get business smiles.

After finishing such an exchange, when Naruse left the entrance, Miyoshi was giving some envelope. I looked at it and sent an e-mail to Mitsurugi. The other side is still morning.

"The last envelope, is that an example?" "Yes. The auction will resume soon. We need to return the money."

With that said, I started to clean up my cup while winking.

"Even so, I was glad that I was imposed safely." "Well, but it would be difficult to report this matter." "Mr. Naruse, I will put it in a report and throw it to my boss, surely."

From a former employee's point of view, the boss's use is actually only that much. It's right to throw your boss out of control.

I don't know what ripples this report will cause, but it's almost without evidence or evidence. Somewhere you will be thrown into the back of a file cabinet and fall asleep forever. That reporter was D-Powers had more influence than we thought, but we didn't even think about it at this time.

"And the last one is Cornucopia"

The time had passed 22:00. I was too much and I couldn't concentrate, I grabbed the tablet and lay down on the sofa.

Cornucopia is the corner of fertility. A goat or sheep horn dedicated to Zeus' parenting parent, Amartía, who apparently had the power to give her what she wanted. And it is also a symbol of huge wealth.

"The items that the seniors got are square.-" "It's about the corner of Hound of Hecate." "It's not an image."

Miyoshi, sitting on a couch, put her elbows on her armrests and her fingertips under her chin.

"It's neither a goat nor a sheep, it's not seen with fruits and flowers." "And it doesn't feel like getting rich and that."

Items associated with Thanksgiving and harvest. The power to give what you want

"We got a skill orb and, in a nutshell, made a fortune."

I said while pointing to the ceiling, lying down.

"Yes," "Isn't the ability to gain a skill orb the ability to give what you want?" "In other words, is it making?" "There is no other clause you can think of"

When I picked up the tablet on my chest, I looked up the description of Cornucopia online and read it again. Symbol of richness. The power to give what you want. Raising Duonissus, later becoming a symbol of Hades

――A symbol of Hades?

"Miyoshi" "What is it?"

When I jumped up, I sat down on the couch and turned to Miyoshi.

"I noticed that the display in the native language turned out to be actually personal." "Yes," "I thought that making was the first king of May." "I guess it's the main thing, according to the report of the association, but I don't think it's the main." "But it turned out later that it was the making of the manufacturing." "But it seems like a mistake." "Eh?"

I looked up to heaven.

"--The Hades"

When Miyoshi heard it, she made a silly face with her half-open mouth. Pokan is a guy.

"Hades?" "Yes." "So, Hades King?" "Maybe".

She leaked her impression as she swung her face left and right. I think so too.

Sure, not to mention 13 of Trump's examples, I think I use the King more than the King. And there is no proper English word corresponding to the shadow. I don't know why it's not a kanji, but why isn't the notation "Dark King" used natively? The king may have priority and the whole may be the result of being dragged by it.

"Is the dungeon in the underground world a place controlled by the Hades?"

Hades was considered an underground god because the underworld was said to be underground.

"Maybe it's really underworld? Anyway, we talked to the dead there?" "The dead said it was Cornucopia." "Yes."

"In other words, isn't it ultimately the ability to give you what you want-the skill of manipulating the D-factor freely?" "With the will?" "With the will "Can you make anything freely?" "You can make anything freely."

We were stunned by too many conclusions we reached. I don't know if it is right. But it was sitting in front of us with overwhelming reality, as if it were a hard fact.