The hunter-gatherer bent down to the bubbling spring. The water was clear like the other springs he knew. The water was warm like some other springs he knew.
He cupped his hand into the water and tasted it, then quickly spit it out.
This water didn’t taste like the other springs he knew.
From that day, many millennia ago, humans have been at the bubbling spring.
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