Matt
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Podcast Appearances
I went inside.
That was day one.
Mild.
Mostly normal.
The kind of day you'd forget if the week didn't stack on top of it.
Day two started with us pretending nothing happened.
We did chores again.
We helped.
We stayed busy.
The family didn't treat us like fragile visitors.
They treated us like extra hands, which I appreciated.
It made it harder to fall into the we're-in-a-spooky-story mindset.
It grounded us.
Midday, Marin suggested a hike in a more populated area, still rural, still wide open, but not isolated.
A place with occasional other vehicles, occasional other hikers.
I agreed.
Jonah agreed.
Lila agreed."
Nobody wanted to admit we were choosing safer because of a crying sound and barking dogs.
But that's what it was.