Gemotions

"This is going to be good," Chloe murmured, rubbing her hands together with glee. "Remember the time we tried to build a raft and sail down the creek?" She raised an eyebrow. "Epic fail, or glorious adventure?"

Daniel, meticulously arranging his tools in the shed, sighed dramatically. "It was a disaster. The raft sank within minutes. We looked like drowned rats."

Chloe let out a whoop of laughter, clapping her hands. "But the *build-up*! The ingenuity! We thought we were proper explorers!" She imagined them on their raft.

"I recall a lot of splinters and frantic paddling," he said, turning to face her, a matching grin starting to spread across his face. "You, on the other hand, were already planning our next expedition."