???: What are you doing here?!

G: Umm, I wondered in through the bramble patch, and now I can’t seem to find my way back to the park.

???: Idiot! Why would you go through them?!

G: Excuse me, but why are you being so unhelpful? If you live here or something, then surely you know how to get out of here.

???: I don’t know the way out. I’ve been here since I was a child. I wondered away from my parents on a hike and saw the bramble patch and decided to explore it. I’ve been stuck here ever since. There’s no way out. I’m so sorry.

G: What do you mean there’s no way out?! There has to be! If we came in through the brambles, we can just leave through them.

???: I’m afraid not. I’ve been here for nearly 20 years, and I’ve never been able to find the same brambles I came through. It’s nearly supernatural how they just disappear as soon as you come through.

G: But what about my family? I can’t just die here!

???: I’m so sorry. If it means anything, you can stay in my house with me.

G: [animalistic sobbing] But my baby! My wife! I can’t- I can’t…

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