After all, we're here, we're alone, we're together.
毕竟, 我们来到这儿了, 我们又单独在一起了。
It is the first step that costs.
万事开头难。
Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.