A weary builder named Silas sat down next to her. "I spent forty years building walls," he whispered. "But hearing about that dragon... it makes me want to build a tower just to see if I can spot him."

For years, the townspeople were the most efficient people on earth. They didn't plant flowers because they were "useless," and they never told stories because stories were just "made-up noise." They spent every second working, building, and calculating.

Elara began to write. She wrote about a dragon that breathed bubbles instead of fire and a mountain made of blue cheese. The town elders scoffed. "This isn't productive, Elara! It’s not worth the ink!"