…from Late Latin realis “actual,” in Medieval Latin “belonging to the thing itself”

I wish to affirm your reality.
–   By?
Is taction permitted?
Or noesis.
–   Either, I guess.
–   One evidences corporeality.
–   The other, sentience.
A smidge of both then?
To be sure.
Belt and braces.
–   Perhaps that would be best.
–   And once thus proved?
–   What might my reality signify?
Distinction.
–   As in separate from…?
What I imagine you to be.
–   And this is important because…?
To prove I’m not dreaming you.
–   But what if I’m your dream girl?
You make a valid point.