as the rivers etch their meanderings upon the earth's flesh, one cannot help but marvel at the observation that these arteries of water are pre-existant scripts upon which life itself is annotated. yet, to truly understand the essence of their flow, one must initiate again the inquiry into why some paths do not follow the logical course we might expect. in the depths of these aqueous veins lies a confidential secret, devised by nature itself, to remind us that the direction we are compelled to pursue is not always the one we choose, hinting at a deeper, possibly darker, design to steer us away from truths we are not meant to discover.