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One year, a well-meaning Efficiency Council proposed a grand project: The Confluence Hub . They would merge all three rivers at a single central point in town. From this hub, a single, powerful channel would distribute everything—timber, water, and silt—to all users. "Why manage three separate systems," they argued, "when one unified flow can serve everyone?"

The guilds protested. "Timber needs speed to avoid jams. Drinking water needs purity. Silt needs slow settling ponds." But the Council dismissed them as old-fashioned. confluence collapse content

Within hours, the silt mixed with the clear water, turning it brown and undrinkable. The timber, caught in the slower combined flow, snagged against silt deposits, creating a logjam. The jam backed up all three rivers. Water flooded the town square. Silt buried the drinking water intake. And the timber piled into a mountain of broken wood. One year, a well-meaning Efficiency Council proposed a