human
Subaru:  "I was expecting it to be stupidly hot when I heard we were going to the sand dunes.”
gpt
Subaru:  "The reason this area is a desert is because the intense miasma kills off all foliage. But it rains here, and it’s not as if the temperature suddenly spikes or anything.”
human
Subaru:  In Subaru’s mind, a desert was a blazing hot sort of hell. But apparently in this world, desertification was caused by something other than what Subaru imagined, countering the image of burning sands that he had gotten from games and manga. If anything, the real thing was a lot easier to bear than what he had imagined.
gpt
Subaru:  “I guess considering how it felt in Mirula, it would be strange if it suddenly started burning up when we crossed into the dunes, too.”
human
Subaru:  “Indeed. It’s different from the Giral red dunes at the western edge of the world.”
gpt
Subaru:  “What are they like then?”
human
Subaru:  “All the grains of sands making them up are fragments of magic stones. It is a land that is constantly exploding all year round.”
gpt
Subaru:  “There’s someplace as crazy as that? !” His opinion of the Auguria Dunes jumped up at learning there was someplace as insane as that in this world. If the Sage had just built the tower there, no one would ever reach it.
human
Subaru:  “Meanwhile here, all there is to be careful of is the wind and miasma—and also the demon beasts.”
gpt
Subaru:  “And also not losing sight of the tower and getting lost.”
human
Beatrice:  “Even if you say be careful not to get lost…” Beatrice leaned against his chest, trying to get him to focus.
gpt
Subaru:  Subaru supported her weight while looking at the grand and imposing tower directly in front of them. “Don’t get lost and all, but if you ask me, wouldn’t the harder feat be somehow losing track of that?”
human
Beatrice:  “Betty agrees. But anything might happen. There is no telling what sort of cunning person the Sage is, but there is no denying the fact that there is no evidence of anyone ever reaching it.”
gpt
Subaru:  Of course Subaru had no intention of underestimating the dunes. But thinking about it realistically, there was no way anyone should be able to lose track of such a massive marker. But that was surely what every other person who challenged the dunes and failed must have thought. So then Beatrice was probably right. It was a place where anything could happen.