"But we want to get out," Ted explained, wondering what 'miasma' meant. Miasma, he thought. Me-as-ma. Maybe she had a dangerous mother-version of herself outside. "We're trying to escape," he added, as clarification. "We totally didn't plan to stay the night, and I think we should be able to deal with you-as-ma if we encounter her."

Maybe if she gave them her stick...