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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5719893" data-attributes="member: 177">See below...Ignoring the kids and just assuming they're on drugs is, in my experience, well within the realm of &quot;people acting like people.&quot;&nbsp; In the medical profession, there's a saying, which is the moral equivalent of Occam's Razor - &quot;When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras.&quot;&nbsp; If you're a cop, and you have bunch of incoherent kids running around on a weekend night in the woods, claiming to have seen a guy in a hockey mask with a chainsaw, what's more likely?&nbsp; Really?The kid shows up *on her birthday*.&nbsp; A birthday she spent catching a sleazebag, and alone.&nbsp; Then she has a talk with someone who says the kid is crazy.&nbsp; Then she has a talk with the kid's legal mother, who is kinda creepy and off-putting.&nbsp; Then she has an accident.Which all says &quot;overload&quot; to me.She wakes up in the drunk tank, after an accident, but she's unharmed.&nbsp; After all that has happened, does a smart person who understands how legal systems and the actual persons of authorities work think that raising a fuss is going to be of any immediate use whatsoever?&nbsp; But, overall, she's thought stuff was unusual enough to stick around for a week, even after being threatened....No, she doesn't react as an &quot;average&quot; person would.&nbsp; But, an average person would make a lousy story, as they'd just have ignored the, &quot;call to adventure&quot;.&nbsp; This is not a police procedural, and she's not an average person herself.&nbsp; She's a fairytale, raised in the mundane world.&nbsp;&nbsp; She's not average.&nbsp; She's a heroine.&nbsp; Expect her to act like one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 5719893, member: 177"] See below... Ignoring the kids and just assuming they're on drugs is, in my experience, well within the realm of "people acting like people." In the medical profession, there's a saying, which is the moral equivalent of Occam's Razor - "When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras." If you're a cop, and you have bunch of incoherent kids running around on a weekend night in the woods, claiming to have seen a guy in a hockey mask with a chainsaw, what's more likely? Really? The kid shows up *on her birthday*. A birthday she spent catching a sleazebag, and alone. Then she has a talk with someone who says the kid is crazy. Then she has a talk with the kid's legal mother, who is kinda creepy and off-putting. Then she has an accident. Which all says "overload" to me. She wakes up in the drunk tank, after an accident, but she's unharmed. After all that has happened, does a smart person who understands how legal systems and the actual persons of authorities work think that raising a fuss is going to be of any immediate use whatsoever? But, overall, she's thought stuff was unusual enough to stick around for a week, even after being threatened.... No, she doesn't react as an "average" person would. But, an average person would make a lousy story, as they'd just have ignored the, "call to adventure". This is not a police procedural, and she's not an average person herself. She's a fairytale, raised in the mundane world. She's not average. She's a heroine. Expect her to act like one. [/QUOTE]

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