That will comfort the five year old child only because it's predictable that the five year old child misunderstands it, and the misunderstanding will comfort the child.
In that case, you may as well just lie directly.
If I lie directly, the child will figure that out some time after I'm dead. I'm trying to avoid that, and to still give her comfort.
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