Of course a hallucination would do best to prove itself as real. In the same way, someone who found himself in the same predicament as I do would reassure me of that very fact.

[ She closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. Thinks. What has last been her downfall? The assumption of an easy solution. Easy being relative and loosely used. ]

I'll play. Assuming you are real, are you something that would, how do did you put it, lie beyond human reckoning?