Survivor and Victim each went for a walk down their lonely roads. Soon after starting, each encountered a rain shower.
“Drat!” thought Survivor. “I’m being rained on. Oh, well, it is the nature of rain to fall but I will be just as wet if I continue as if I stay.” Then Survivor continued.
“Oh no,” thought Victim. “There is nothing I can do but get wet.” Victim chose to stand and let the rain soak through.
After a while, the rain stopped.
Survivor thought, “I do not know if the rain chose to stop or if I just reached the edge of its domain. Either way, I made a lot of progress and will continue.”
Victim, though, thought, “It is good that the rain decided to let me be dry. Now, I suppose I can continue on my trip. I just hope the rain doesn’t come back.”
Before long, a large flock of sheep headed south across the road of Survivor. “I will not be able to get through such a large and dense flock of sheep,” thought Survivor. “It is the nature of sheep to move as a herd, so I will have to wait it out. Once the flock has passed, though, I will continue on my way, even if it takes a while.” Eventually, the flock completely crossed the road and Survivor moved on.
Later, Victim encountered a flock of sheep headed north. The herd was too large to pass through. “Oh no,” thought Victim. “I may be stuck here forever. Why did the sheep have to pick my road to cross? Do they want me to not go?” After a while, the last of the sheep passed. “It’s good the sheep decided to let me continue. I still don’t know why they wanted to stop me anyway.”
Toward the end of the day, Survivor saw that the road dipped into a deep valley of unknown things. Survivor thought, “I don’t know what I will find there, but I guess I will deal with it when I get there.” With that, Survivor continued forward on the path.
When Victim arrived at the valley, the thoughts were different. “Oh no, there could be anything down there. I hope they will let me pass and don’t hurt me too much.”
As you can guess, each walked the same road.