“We just have to wade through a few creeks up ahead, but don’t worry, they’re all very normal and in no way suspicious. No, I’m not going to let you look at the map, but I promise, they’re fine.”
I went white river rafting in Wyoming in 2022. There was one particularly terrifying rapid, a precipitous drop. I only found out afterwards that it's called "Sphincter".
“Hey, wanna go for a hike? No, I know I’m always tricking you into going into haunted houses and graveyards, but I promise I’m over that now. There will be absolutely no ghosts this time. Just a nice pleasant hike up a hill I discovered.”
[emerging from the mountain gap, to discover a verdant valley fed by a sparkling creek]
Truly, this is a promised land where we will raise our children, and they will raise their childr… WHAT is that smell?