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The last drop of water has been consumed. The last drop of water has been wasted. A swarm of bees have found you and think that you smell like honey.

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The world had been bracing for the moment the last drop of water was consumed for centuries. It was a foregone conclusion. It was the generally held assumption that once that last drop of water was consumed, the last remnants of human civilization would fade away. <br><br>However, the last drop of water had not been consumed. It had been wasted; spilled to waste. <br><br>Of course, the man who had wasted the last drop of water was hanged for the crime of wasting the last drop of water. But a great tradition was born that day. <br><br>Every time a drop of water was wasted, the person responsible would be hanged. And a bee would be released from its jar to find the person who had committed that heinous crime. <br><br>A collective of bees had grown over the years. People referred to them as the "Honey bees". <br><br>One day, a man named Dave had made the mistake of buying a Coke. <br><br>He had drank it until just a few drops remained in the bottle. He had never seen the two bees hovering above him, watching him as he consumed the soda. But they watched him as he had placed the bottle down on the counter. <br><br>He had gotten up to do something. Two drops of the Coke had been spilled when he did. <br><br>The bees immediately took flight to search out whomever was responsible for the atrocity. They didn't have to go far. They followed the line of sight from the bottle to the man. <br><br>The bees stung the man over and over until they died. They had died knowing that whomever had committed such an egregious crime had paid the price for doing so. <br><br>A tear rolled down the man's cheek. He had never been stung before. He had never felt pain like that before. He was determined that no one else would ever have to feel that pain. <br><br>He made a promise to himself to seek out and find anyone who had wasted that precious soda. <br><br>And he was off. <br><br>How does Dave's journey go?

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