(Scene fades to two weeks later. A man with light brown hair and blue eyes is seen reading the newspaper and sitting on a bench outside his house with another man with tan skin and darker hair sharpening an axe nearby. The headline on the front page of the paper reads "Vicious Monster Devours Innocent Child")

Andrew: Oh, that poor boy.

Leo: Andrew, don't tell me you're still reading that. That story is two weeks old already.

Andrew: I can't help it, Leo. (sets the paper down and walks over to him) Not a lot of interesting things happen around here; this story has been going around ever since it came out.

Leo: But you don't actually believe that, do you? I keep telling you it was probably just some precocious kids trying to pull a prank.

Andrew: Then how do you explain these photos? (holds up the front page of the paper that has a picture of the monster) Do you think this was staged, too?

Leo: At least I'm trying to be the voice of reason here. You and your sister are so superstitious that you'll believe just about anything, won't you?

(A woman with blonde hair, teal eyes, and wearing a yellow dress walks out of the house to join the two men)

Aunt Bree: Excuse me? Are you making fun of us again, Leo?

Leo: Hey, it's not my fault if you two buy into all that silly folklore.

Aunt Bree: It's not folklore, it's true! You know something? During one lunar eclipse a few years ago, I saw a bird fly backwards and no one believed me!

Rachel (from inside the house): What about birds flying backwards?

(A teenage girl with dark brown hair and emerald green eyes walks out of the house with a curious look on her face)

Aunt Bree: Oh, it's nothing, Rachel. Just adult stuff, you wouldn't understand.

Rachel: When am I going to join in on an adult conversation?

Leo: Probably when you're thirty.

(Andrew chuckles and nudges his husband in the ribs with his elbow. Leo gives him a sarcastic look, which is quickly returned. Rachel giggles at her fathers' actions)

Aunt Bree: So, are you ready to head to Granny Lucy's today?

Rachel: I sure am.

Aunt Bree: Good.

Leo: Remember, Rachel; stay on the path, go straight to your Grandmother's house, and no dillydallying.

Andrew: Leo, if she wants to dillydally, just let her.

Rachel: (kisses Andrew on the cheek, then kisses Leo on the cheek) I'll be fine. (starts to walk away)

Leo: And don't talk to any strangers, either.

Rachel: (turns around to face her family) Papa, I wouldn't know a stranger if I met one. And if I did, they probably wouldn't be a stranger. So don't worry about it. (walks off towards the forest entrance)

Aunt Bree: Leo, you do know there's such a thing as being too strict, right? You never let her go out, except to visit Granny. A girl her age needs to go out with friends.

Andrew: You know Bree is right, hon. We had the same discussion ages ago. Rachel is a teenager now; she doesn't even have any friends. Don't you remember the time you tried to baby proof nature when she was little?

Leo: But she's only a child, she doesn't know the dangers of the world.

Aunt Bree: Because you keep sheltering her from them. It can't go on like this forever, and she's definitely not going to stay a child forever.

Leo: (pauses in thought) Maybe you're right... Or maybe I should follow her just in case.

Andrew: (sighs and facepalms) Don't start, please. Our daughter has been doing this for weeks, and the last thing Rachel needs or wants is her family following her around everywhere she goes.

Aunt Bree: (sighs in frustration) I don't have time for this, and neither do you two. You're both gonna be late for work if you keep this up. I'll see you later. (walks back into the house)

Andrew: She's right. I need to go.

Leo: Yeah, me too. But I might be late tonight, just warning you. I need to head to town and pick up a new apprentice.

Andrew: Okay then. See you later?

Leo: See you.

(They share a kiss and walk off in different directions)