I'm not yet convinced that the things we experience here have much to do with reality. Still, better safe than sorry.

[Their bodies aren't -- quite -- their real bodies. It's not too much of a stretch to think that death might also not quite be real death, but if deaths can be final, they're inconvenient, at minimum. But getting philosophical about the meaning of death is not much more useful than philosophy about the meaning of life; Hakkai sails ahead to a new topic.]

Have you had the chance to talk to Sharak Sanzo?