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The box rattles, then shows the finished word.

telo

The word for water. You smile. This is exactly what you wanted: Water filling the riverbed. The room around you begins to shake. A gurgling sound rises from the box. Suddenly, you are swept into the tunnel by a great wave, shot out at full pressure, away from the city with its glass towers and underground passages. You have no choice but to let the current carry you.

Finally, you manage to save yourself to the shore. As luck would have it, you landed right at your village. You are exhausted, but still satisfied, because the river is back! You turn to look at your work and... something is not quite right. The river is much wider than you remembered. And there... in the water... fragments of crystal-clear towers are floating.

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