Nathan knew the correct answer but he also knew the right answer. The correct answer was that of course a tree can fall. Of course a random confluence of events could result in grave injury or immediate (or excruciatingly slow) death. Of course our demise is imminent, and the only constant is that we never know exactly how imminent. Just ask someone who died a minute ago! It’s a miracle that we woke up this morning! That’s the correct answer. The right answer, on the other hand, was to say: Not to worry, son. It’s all fine. Things like that don’t happen.
