" Our valiant little torch couldn’t withstand this and finally went out, plunging us into darkness. Hard pellets lashed my exposed face and hands. It was ice…hail. Oh, hail no! I thought, although I didn’t think anyone would have appreciated the wordplay "

― Reki Kawahara , ソードアート・オンライン 23 ユナイタル・リングII [Sōdo āto onrain 23 Yunaitaru Ringu II] (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #23: Unital Ring II)