Hm I thought the idea with the childrens memory is that what you remember change over time, and how you remember things can be influenced by what makes sense to you at that time. Basically, humans tend to rationalise the bad parts (your own bad behaviour or other unpleasant thoughts) from our memories in order to be able to live with them. We compartmentalise events into memories that make sense to each of us on our own terms. And thats why I thought the kids were remembering something their own way that makes sense for them, but those arent the real facts of what happened that night. Which is what the narrative is building up - to get the adult, or real, version of what happened.
And thats probably going to be a bit more mundane of an affair than the layer of supernaturality leads you to believe.
And thats probably going to be a bit more mundane of an affair than the layer of supernaturality leads you to believe.