a**h**e safety-net
You drag a real-life nightmare with you on dangerous trips so you don’t get killed. The gods don’t want to hurt you because they hate the nightmare more.
Taking my grandma to a zombie attack because she yells at the zombies. The zombies run away.
Going to the mountains with my brother who thinks he’s a mountain. The mountain doesn’t fall on me.
Going to a flood with my cousin who’s a total waterboy. The water leaves me alone because it hates him.