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  Krishni's dancing up and down, grinning inanely.

  “Trish, what's going on? Krishni's been on the computer and is acting like a mad thing. She's saying you're famous.” His mother and aunt look puzzled.

  He approaches Krishni and her tablet warily. “Let me see.”

  He's briefly impeded by his cousin giving him a bear hug and screaming, “You're my hero!”

  She has multiple windows open. Yahoo, Google, News24, BBC, Reuters...they're all constantly updating his story. He's given the world its salvation. There's no way this can be suppressed now. It's gone viral: how to generate your own electricity from two old magnets, some water, soil and a little heat. There weren't many places left in the world where you couldn't use the method. There weren't many households, no matter how poor, which couldn't afford it.

  “What does it mean?” His mother is pushing her way to his side as he stands drinking it all in.

  “It means he's a hero! He's saved the world! No more power cuts!” Krishni's dancing again in the confined kitchen.

  “Is this true, lovey? Is this mad girl right?” Aunty Premmi's looking at Krishni doubtfully.

  Trishnen nods,“She's right. Clean electricity shouldn't be a problem anymore.”

  “He's saved the world!” Krishni crows again.

  His mother starts to beam. “You always said you would. And you know, I never thought you couldn't!”

  She hugs him. Trishnen sighs with happiness. There is time now--for his family, for a relationship, to take his place in his family and settle into his own. They've all changed. So has the world. Now anything and everything is possible.

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  This story first appeared on Leenna's website: www.leennanaidoo.wordpress.com

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