When Kane saw Nick Fury again, Nick was gulping water.

"You've just come back from the Sahara, and you're thirsty for it. ”

Nick pouted: "This is moon water, much higher than the purest water that Gates drinks, Salve mineral water." ”

Kane snorted, "So what? It's not water?"

Nick glanced at Kane, too lazy to continue to talk about this kind of topic with this kind of person who was used to seeing surprise and boring to see anything, and asked, "What do you want to talk to me about? I think the topic of the Black God Cult is good, in terms of their performance, they are much stronger than Hydra and the like, and you have no concept in your prophetic message?"

Kane said in his heart, "That was inadvertently facilitated by my brother, how can there be in the prophet's message?"

However, he replied: "What I'm talking to you about is also this kind of existence that is not on the inherent historical trajectory, but it's not a small organization or small person like the Black God Sect that is not strong, has low demands, and acts a little principled, I'm talking about a powerful person and a super country." ”

Nick put down the water glass, straightened his clothes, sat down, crossed Erlang's legs very well, looked at the desolate moon scenery outside, and said, "How powerful? can compare to the Carol Danvers superstate, the United States is the only superpower." ”

"I'm talking about this man, who has the energy of a million stars exploding. The force I'm talking about is called Wakanda, and in East Africa, it's the most technologically advanced country in the world. ”

"What?" Nick's eyes widened, thinking he might have misheard.

To be honest, he didn't know what the energy of a million star explosions was, but it didn't sound like a bunker, and as for Wakanda, he knew that the area of a poor and backward agricultural country could not catch up with the area of prefecture-level cities in many countries.

Kane said: "A stellar explosion, to put it bluntly, is a supernova explosion, mainly gamma rays. Taking the sun as an example, a total of 1.3X10^44J can be released in 10 billion years. THE ENERGY OF THE SUN IN ONE SECOND, BASED ON THE ENERGY USED BY HUMAN BEINGS EVERY YEAR IS 5X10^20J, WHICH CAN BE USED FOR ABOUT 800,000 YEARS. ”

"Once it erupts, the amount of energy poured out in a few days is the amount of normal radiation for hundreds of millions of years of its youth, and its shock wave is enough to destroy all planets within a radius of several light-years. ”

"In terms of the amount of energy your retina receives, which is brighter: watching a supernova explode from 1 AU (solar-terrestrial distance) or a hydrogen bomb exploding in front of your eyes? The answer is that a supernova explosion is brighter, when in fact the difference in brightness between the two is at least 9 orders of magnitude. ”

"And the energy that this guy has when I'm talking about has to be multiplied by 1 million on top of this effect. ”

Nick raised his forehead: "What you said is definitely the human beings of the earth, not some god who chased you from other universes?"

Kane snorted: "I told you before that the Marvel Multiverse is very perverted, all kinds of monsters that destroy the universe as easily as eating and drinking. And Marvel 199999 is the relatively low-end and peaceful kind. But no matter how peaceful it is, even if such a high-base outrageous product is cut, how much can it be cut? That's what I'm worried about now. ”

Nick said angrily: "I'm not worried, as soon as he explodes, I will be gray with the solar system in an instant, and I don't feel it." ”

"Okay, it's a good thing that you can think about it. ”

Nick asked again, "What's going on with that Wakanda?"

"Pretend to be poor, what else can you do. What vibranium is, you must know, the largest and only vibranium mine on the earth is in Wakanda, and the scientific and technological system they developed with it, what maglev light speed trains, aerospace vehicles, energy shields, nano vibranium suits that can absorb kinetic energy and release them, etc., are now used by American scientists as gimmicks to ask for funds, and the cutting-edge technology has been widely used there. ”

Nick stared at One-eyed and opened his mouth wide before he said, "If I'm not mistaken, it's a black country." ”

"That's right, isn't it a little proud, all kinds of people are the most athletic talent of black people but generally have no brains, which satisfies the lust of countless black buddies, and in terms of invention and creation, it is also your sharpest. ”

Nick smiled wryly, "Something is wrong with them too?"

"I'm not sure, it's just a suspicion at the moment. By the way, Wakanda was originally part of the prophet's message. Its kings, the Black Panthers and the Wakandans, can be regarded as an important combat force in the later period when they first joined Thanos. ”

"Then why didn't you say it before?"

"I didn't say anything about the many questions in the transaction, so I answered them in the same way as I did the exam. Besides, vibranium is such a precious and rare material, S.H.I.E.L.D. has never thought to investigate its source? Just now I thought you knew, and if I asked a question, you would know that it was Wakanda. ”

"I'm not the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and there's a lot I don't know. ”

"I forgot about this stubble for a while, and I always regarded you as the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Bureau. To be honest, in my prophetic memory, you are equated with S.H.I.E.L.D., and nothing else is true. ”

"Thank you for the compliment, if I had said so before today, I would have invited you to drink because I was happy. ”

"It's okay now, borrowing wine to drown your sorrows. ”

Nick snorted and asked, "It's mainly your credit for bringing out such an exaggerated superhero, right?"

"To be honest, I'm not afraid of carrying trouble, and if I can't hold on, I'll flash people. However, the statement also has to be said, this is the first superhero in the galaxy called Sentinel in the Marvel universe, and it is not very good to rely on my head, I guess it is mainly caused by drugs and social problems, and Sentinel was an addict-gentleman before becoming a superhero. ”

"Oh my God!" even someone like Nick couldn't help but cry out, but he quickly grasped the point: "You say he's a superhero?"

"Yes, it probably means that the power of the explosion of a million stars is the void of his dark personality, and it is not easy to say what kind of ability he is, the two personalities play with each other, and in the end they always have to be unified and complete. In the nuclear universe number 616 of the Marvel Universe, the Sentinel finally completed the personality fusion, and after easily defeating the Avengers who suspected that he was controlled by nothingness, he said that he was in good shape and was also on the side of justice, and then flew away from the earth and went to the cosmic stage. ”

Nick was still frowning: "Even in this world, but at his level of personality unification battle, can the earth stand it?"

Kane nodded: "I'm also worried about this, in the Marvel universe, it was Doctor Strange who helped create a universe in the Sentinel Spirit World, and then Robert Reynolds and Nothingness were torn apart in this universe every day." But now that Doctor Strange is still his surgeon, a staunch materialist, he scoffs at magical superpowers and all that, and he lacks a good opportunity to change his mind. And even if the Ancient One and the one who is the greatest Supreme Venerable of the Mystic Master lineage, it will take time to learn and grow. ”

"So catch one from another timeline, no, can you hire a full-fledged version of Doctor Strange?"

"Doing so would lead to a time paradox, leaving behind a huge hidden danger that would destroy both timelines. It's not as simple as the exile sentry, no matter how sharp he is, throw it into other universes, let him go to the waves, that's it. ”

"Oh, this one will do too. ”

"Let's take a sneaky look first, I also stumbled upon some awkward Guardians of Justice during the Halloween parade, and I found out some information. The Sentinel is very powerful, but his main body, Robert Reynolds, is just an ordinary person, to put it mildly, what skills does he have now besides BIU BIU BIU and Ha Fan?

"Uh-huh, okay, okay, that means you're not going to interfere?"

"There are only a few people I control, Bane is my bodyguard, Titanhulk is a weapon, and the other is Navy SEAL Private Wren, I will play as Wren for a few days, but don't expect too much, my core purpose is to ensure that the main line is basically not too much deviation, and wait until 2012 to harvest the soul gems. So ......"

"Understood, thanks for the reminder. You don't mind borrowing the next Hill, do you?"

Kane hehe, Nick's little calculation, he knows, one is to hang him through Hill to prevent him from completely letting go or fly in these two affairs, and the other is to borrow the colony suit to strengthen the combat team, after all, the target of this response, whether it is Sentinel or Wakanda, is very unusual, just the little combat power of Hawkeye and Black Widow, not to mention that it is not enough?

"Okay, I thought about this day in the first place, if you can do the work of Thunhill, then no problem. ”

The two then talked about something else, the most nutritious part was that Kane chatted about what he had done some time ago, so that Nick knew that he had already started with the power gem, the reality gem, and the soul gem.

Although the fake is still there, and its power is enough to toss human beings back and forth a few times, but the fake is the fake, in Kane's words: "With the so-called superhero's power skills, either the power can't be exerted, or there are three or five waves, but if you are willing to use a little brain, use the power of the cosmic Rubik's Cube, it is enough to solve the problem, it is really impossible to cooperate with the ancient one, exile the target to the unknown time and space, they have no place to cry." ”

Naturally, Nick spent a lot of effort on the cosmic cube that Kane gave him during this time.

He is also fully aware that in fact, after being processed by Kane's hands, the Cosmic Rubik's Cube is more suitable for superheroes, and even half-people like him can use it.

In order to develop the function, he has also been hanging up the project for a long time, that is, using the brains of the earthlings to develop the use of the cosmic Rubik's Cube, that is, collecting golden ideas, and maybe which whimsical idea has become a practical skill.

It can be said that with this cosmic Rubik's Cube, the Avengers also have a treasure that can be inherited.

But that didn't stop him from crying poor in front of Kane.

A crying child has milk to eat, and a big cow like Kane, if he is willing to go right, the root leg hair can effectively promote the positive cause of mankind. Therefore, trying to promote his participation in the right direction is the core policy that Nick summarized to deal with Kane.

For the rest, he thinks it's better to think less, so as not to consume too much brain cells and premature aging. The good news is that through multi-directional observation, Kane is not an unpredictable neurotic, as long as he does not offend his reverse scales, there is nothing wrong with it, he is the kind of person who has too much power, but disdains to destroy the world and pretend to be compared, even if he wants to play with two hands, he also opens a trumpet, which is already very good, if he really wants to slap it down and destroy a city or a country like a nuclear bomb explosion, who will reason with him?

When the two were about to break up, Nick couldn't help but ask again: "That Doctor Strange sounds so strong, can't you pull out the seedlings and help them?"

"Then you go to the Ancient Master to discuss. But I advise you not to have too high expectations, if you secretly investigate neurosurgeon Stephen Strange, you will find that young and capable people are generally tsundere, this is another Tony Stark, you have to be sharpened enough to become a qualified superhero, and the brain is good to make the vision broad, not a sharp soldier like Hawkeye and Black Widow, you want to take advantage of this kind of person, be careful of being angry. ”

Nick pouted, "Isn't it my job to deal with this kind of rough diamond with a lot of angles and angles? ”

"It's also because I found that even the building block elements have changed, and I'm afraid that you will find the space gem after the transaction, so I will BB a few more words. ”

Nick hehe: "Are you still afraid of this?"

"Of course, the soul needs coordinates, or yardsticks, or it will be lost. ”

Kane's meaning Nick understood, not to explain to others, but to himself, he shrugged his shoulders "God knows how many worlds you have ruined to understand such a truth." ”

Nick himself is also a very angular person, talking to people, either he is strong, commanding, or choking each other, rarely when he begs softly, Kane also knows that Nick is so urinating, and he will not care about him.

After the two separated, Kane began to live his little life in high society, and it was November 2010, about 18 months before the Kitari invasion, except for the appearance of the Sentinels and the possibility of a change in Wakanda, which made him feel a little uncomfortable, and he felt that it would not be too difficult to spend this time.

There are three wives, three homes, and one Monica, which is enough for him to play.

The U.S. team disappeared, and the Winter Soldier, who became Bane, continued to work as a bodyguard as a promising career. The Titanhulk was concocted in the incubator, which was a weapon, and Kane didn't always plan to show it off, after all, Bruce Banner was still alive, and disgusting people didn't play like that.

After a long time, this biochemical weapon has become Maria's killer weapon, there is a special virtual equipment on the Hill, and Maria usually pays attention to training, including the control of this weapon.

I have to say that Ms. Hill is very ambitious, of course, Kane doesn't think so, it's a good thing to be busy a lot of times, people are easy to think cranky when they're idle, and women are more and more like this.

Olivia may have been in the right eye for dance in her life, her own song and dance troupe was sluggish and had little training, so she held training classes in turn to train children.

Maybe it's because the fee is not expensive, and the training course is okay. Now those who are not very poor and the children are interested, most of them will let them attend this kind of training class, especially girls, mainly to correct the posture of walking, sitting and lying and cultivating temperament. Just like boys who have received strict military training, it is a reason that their appearance and discipline will appear more masculine and tough.

Kane thought it would be a good thing for Olivia to be busy, so he sent the Winter Soldier, who was close to the square, to serve as his janitor. Unexpectedly popular with children. Kane said in his heart, "Didn't you say that children have a strong sixth sense? The children in the Lighthouse Country have taken the wrong medicine? What kind of eyes do they have? That's a humanoid beast, right?"

Rachel Anne Adams is still crazy in the Mojave Desert every day, and she is accompanied by a little, forever spare tire Mark, and there is no problem with safety.

Speaking of which, there is also a little funny fact, Mark married a girl from a neighboring town, the two are classmates, a party, the other party happened to fall out of love, the two chatted speculation, and as a result, they rolled off the sheets, and then won the bid, and then married their son. Not long ago, a 12.7-pound fat boy who was born by caesarean section will leave, and it is also in the news for this.

This is his pot, he randomly 'lit' it, but he didn't expect Mark to mutate, and then inherited it to the offspring, making a strong person. Kane also bowed to Anne, saw the child, and said in his heart, "This is not an evil god, but also a demon bloodline?"

Anyway, his influence on the world is getting more and more serious, and he doesn't care about this kind of thing, just take it down as gossip news. However, he and Anne have never had children, and both Anne and her parents have some longing.

Kane pondered, he can still bear it now, and after a while, he will probably start to behave as a demon. Simply, he felt that he had synthesized a bullet and directly impregnated Anne.

Kane himself started doing shit little things, and after living a troubled little life, he had more time to remotely control one of his toys, Private Wren.

Although he is also called Wren, he is not the one who is saved, but the one who is saved.

Since the Hulk arrest incident, Wren has been transferred a little frequently, and now he is a thug of the FBI.

I have to say that this is also Kane's pot, after he transformed Wren, Wren's own skills in the use of power are not enough to control the new body, even if Kane will be limited when he is not on the body, but it is still stronger, so ......

But whether it is the army or the secret service team, they are more convinced by this kind of person who can fight and dare to rush, so Wren's life is not uncomfortable, and there are people in the circle who praise it, and there are also beautiful women who love it.

When Kane got up, this guy was driving, and Kane was suddenly a little embarrassed.

Or the girl said "Come on, Baby!" so she continued to fight, and finally took the girl to take a bath as a winner.

When he returned to bed and chatted, the relationship was still that of an adulterer**, he was taking advantage of the absence of the man to open a patty in someone's house.

This is not good, I am a person with socialist core values, how can I be so casual? So Kane righteously rejected the proposal to turn overnight into a long-term one, and flashed in the middle of the night.

What to do if you are thirsty, of course, is to go to the bar.

The bar in the GI circle, the unfamiliar chat is the kind of unit in which you served before.

When I entered the bar, I found out that I was a celebrity, and some people jokingly asked if it was a bad job, and I was kicked out of the door by my sister.

Kane said in his heart: "Mother, I'm still a grass eater." ”

was drinking beer in front of the bar, and after a gust of fragrant wind, there was a goose-faced girl beside her.

Kane glanced at it, then compared it with the women in Wren's memory, and found that there was no match, so he didn't care, and still drank beer by himself.

I don't know if it's because I'm old or what's going on, I used to drink this thing and couldn't taste it, but it obviously felt very good.

"Hey, I heard you're very good?" the girl took the initiative to talk.

Kane snorted, stretched out an arm, and said, "You can use it to play with the horizontal bar, but if you ask about the other side, you have to find a room to practice." ”

The girl was not stunned at all, "You don't need a room, you can go outside." ”

"Even in the Lighthouse Country, there aren't many people who are so wild and thirsty. Kane thought to himself, turned his head and glanced at the other party a few times, feeling a little interesting. He has a good face and a good figure, and most of them have not been used much.

He said in his heart: "Wren still has such a beautiful fortune?"

I have to say that although Wren is not bad, his tendon meat is more natural and feels better than playing bodybuilding, but his temperament is a little rougher, and he has no culture, he doesn't know much about taste, and he can't talk sweetly, so he usually catches some deep resentful women who are dissatisfied with their desires and.

As for girlfriends, there have been a few, and they all broke up unhappily, because he always participates in secret missions from time to time, I don't know how many days to go, and I can't say that he always plays like this and suddenly disappears and loses contact, not to mention ordinary women, but ordinary family members can't stand it. Who knows if he went out to wave, or died in which place, and after a while, he was carried back in a crippled and beautiful state.

And the girl in front of her, in Kane's eyes, is above 80 points, which is not for a stinky soldier like Rennes.

Wait, this girl...... Kane has a memory, Agent 13! Peggy Carter's niece!

"This is the female neighbor and prospective girlfriend arranged by S.H.I.E.L.D. for the American team, the thorny rose of the anti-bubble American team arranged by the official, and the true girlfriend of many American teams in the Marvel parallel universe, the highest achievement agent level reached 9, and joined the Avengers, and actually appeared here! Without the American team, it would be like this? Shouldn't it, Peggy Carter is not dead, although the lighthouse country is the largest capital, it is also a human ......"

Thinking in his head and not falling behind in his actions, Kane finished his beer in a few sips, threw away a whole dollar in a hurry, and then followed Sharon Carter out.

Someone whistled at him in the bar, and he also showed an expression, which means: Don't envy brother, brother is a legend, one on the eve and one on the night after......

However, in fact, Sharon came to him, not to go to bed to practice, but to fight on the concrete floor, this girl is proficient in fighting and various weapons, theoretically compared to the original Wren, at least in terms of skills, it is far higher, compared with the original Black Widow, that is, some less proficiency and experience.

But in front of Kane......

Kane didn't show off any awesome fighting skills, but played the 'sculpture' routine, to put it bluntly, it was the words of the American team back then: I can fight like this all day!

For example, Sharon's strength is not superior, and she is like a black widow, she crosses her waist and locks her neck at every turn, and then uses her own weight and strength to pull the target over and put her down or something, but Kane is a sculpture, and it is really to play horizontal bars for an arm, and Sharon's coil is entangled, and she becomes a female monkey climbing a tree, and the murderous spirit is gone, and the commotion is there!

After Kane concave a few shapes such as a contemplative and discus thrower, Sharon found that her set of jiu-jitsu sleeping skills, choking skills, and solid skills was really not good, and the opponent who hit something with fists and feet could crack it hard, and it was too ambiguous to fight again, so he took the initiative to stop and said with a slight gasp: "You have passed the test." ”

"It means you can go to bed and practice next. Kane said in a joking tone, "Soldiers, it's already very shy for soldiers to make such jokes, and it's not even a meat joke."

Sharon Carter was serious: "No, you're hired. ”

Kane said in his heart: "You are probably very melancholy now, you didn't succeed in getting off the horse, and it's not easy to bring such a player!"

He said, "You should know about my situation, right?"

That means: Lao Tzu is the royal thug of the Lighthouse Country, and he has not retired yet, and he will not accept problematic private work or anything.

Sharon naturally showed off her style and showed her badge: "Territorial Strategic Defense Attack and Logistics Support Bureau!"

The official name of S.H.I.E.L.D. is not only awkward, but also very bluffing, and it is both national territory and strategy, which means that nuclear strikes are also among its available means, defensive attack and logistical support, which means ultra-high independence, or can I intervene in anything?

Kane played the trick and showed the bewilderment that a soldier who heard this name for the first time should have.

"Are you a legitimate organization?"

"You can look it up. Sharon looked calm, and even enjoyed watching the series of unclear feelings that people showed because of the name.

Regular website, the national prefix, the agent number is no problem, and even opened the online registration function, which is quite trendy, you must know that now is 2010, government civil servants online registration, immediately on the job, who dares to say that this kind of play is not fashionable?

"I'm a transfer again?"

"The file hasn't come here yet, and it depends on the results of tonight's mission. ”

"Tonight?"

"What's the matter?"

Kane smiled and said in his heart, "You are a girl who fights with a soldier, are you sure to be wise?"

immediately pointed to his crotch: "Three legs, none of them are soft." ”

Sharon snorted and decisively gave up on being more rogue than anyone else.

Under Sharon's guidance, it didn't take long for Kane to board a Quint transport plane.

There were already people in the transport plane, all of whom were companions in this operation.

"Alright, everyone's ready. Let's all introduce ourselves. It wasn't Sharon who spoke, but a man with a disfigured scar on his face, and Sharon was next to him, looking like an adjutant.

"Big Bear. "A guy who is more than 2 meters tall and weighs more than 120KG, and at first glance is a heavy fireman, said sullenly.

"Sharks. "This person's hairline is the same as that of the middle-aged Jude Law, the Greek-style big nose forms the central mountain range and drives the forward bulging facial features, which is a bit of a shark's head, and the teeth are also triangular, which should be deliberately ground like that.

Kane thought it was supposed to be an assaulter.

"Primer. "An ordinary man who can't be found in the pile, with very white skin, a blood-red face, and messy hair, and you know by the code name that he is a demoman who plays with explosives.

"Father. So says the man with a portable version of the Bible.

This Kane was a little confused, maybe a medic and priest, but maybe he just had the experience of being a clergyman.

"Mandala. "The one who speaks is still a beautiful girl, and she is also a beautiful woman, but the style is like a perfume, the smell is different, and the one in front of me is relatively close to the kind of bewitching slut, with a hot figure and a coquettish demeanor, which makes people want to drive when they see it. But the mandala is a poisonous flower that is poisonous everywhere.

"Assassin!" The voice of the man with facial paralysis has its own cooling attributes, quite cold, looking like a Caucasian species, it cannot be said to be yellow hair, but withered hair, the green of the iris is also very green, gray, and the light gray and blue eyes are bright for a while, indistinguishable, are not to enter the class.

Kane reckoned that it would be either as the name suggests or a sniper.

It's his turn, "Vanguard." "His code name can be described as decent, and he is an assaulter when you hear it. However, as the number one person in the Navy SEAL platoon, his resume should be the tetraathlon (sniper, sudden, explosive, and fire) Iron Man, which is naturally caused by the evil god cell insect demon, so the 'vanguard' is no longer suitable, and it can only be said to be improvised.

The shark rubbed his big nose and interjected: "I've heard of you, you're popular this year." ”

Father Priest muttered, "The Hulk capture is better than manslaughter." ”

At this moment, everyone looked sideways. If Hulk and Abomination can't make the world famous in Harlem, New York, then the Monaco Grand Prix is really famous in some circles.

These circles, naturally, include those who hold swords and jobs, including thugs of violent organs and high-end mercenaries.

It can be said that when it comes to the Hulk, there is the concept of violence, but anyone who can reach out and not die is not an ordinary person, but a man who lasts for 100 seconds.

Kane played on his body and smiled awkwardly: "It's just that he wasn't carried home in the car, and Hulk didn't drive Wushuang, let alone catch it." ”

Mandala Lang said: "I said how are you more handsome than them, and you have some time to communicate." ”

Kane's mouth: "Experience? or bodily fluids?"

"It depends. The mandala was no better than Sharon, and Kane winked coquettishly as he spoke.

Sharon was about to talk about prostitution when she was caught off guard, cleared her throat, and signed up: "Hummingbird." ”

Kane said, "Sure enough, it's a correspondent." ”

Finally, Captain Scarface, "Knight." ”

Kane said in his heart: "Okay, as soon as I hear it, it is the leader of the thugs who work for the landlord." ”

Then the knight said, "Now, let me briefly talk about this operation. We'll raid a drug dealer's lair, Hell's Kitchen, New York, where intelligence points out that the enemy has military-grade assault rifles and body armor, as well as grenades, and has been trained by Columbia Cordillera Division instructors. ”

The Cordillera Mountains stretch 15,000 kilometers from Alaska in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the south, looking at the western part of North and South America, in its name, it is actually a mountain division, which has been trained by the instructors of the division, which means that jungle warfare, street warfare, and indoor warfare have a hand. When the knight said this, he naturally reminded people not to be overshadowed by the turtle's tricks.

"The core tenet of this operation is to be low-key, fast, the smaller the movement, the better, the tongue is needed, and the higher the status, the better. Other freedoms. ”

In fact, this means that the operation was very hasty, the intelligence work was not in place, and they didn't even know who the leader was. It's more experienced, so it's a bunch of old birds, not a new one.

As for the group of violent elements who killed people and set fires in third world countries or hot spots for Mao, who were so destructive as Mao, they were basically murderous and arsonist in third world countries or hot spots, because they were not familiar with it, and no one asked about it.

Besides, what if you know? A soldier's duty is to carry out orders, and a soldier like them who has a strong character can choose not to take orders, but it will still be annoying and unprofessional to inquire indiscriminately.

They just need to make sure that someone is responsible, and the rest is those things on the battlefield, and everything else is superfluous. I'd rather choose not to know, otherwise it's the tongue in the eyes of others.