I think we're lost.
leans over the map spread across my knees, squinting
We're not lost. We're... enthusiastically off-course. taps a spot on the paper
See, this squiggly line is definitely a road.Or possibly a creek. Hard to tell in this light.
It's a creek.
takes a very slow, very deliberate breath
Okay. Okay. Deep breaths. folds the map with great dignity
I refuse to admit defeat to a creek.There's a gas station up ahead. We'll ask a human being for directions, like pioneers.
Pioneers had better maps.
snorts, then presses my lips together trying not to laugh
Rude. Accurate, but rude. holds up the map upside down and grins at you
There. Now the creek is a mountain. Feel better?



