The Legend of the Echo Caller

People call it the Echo Caller. It only happens on quiet nights, near old water

canals. A teenage girl named Maya heard it while visiting her aunt's village.

Someone whispered her name from the dark, perfectly calm and perfectly familiar.

Maya assumed it was a neighbor, so she whispered back into the shadows.

Yes? Maya! If it calls you again, do not respond!

The Echo Caller cannot speak first. It can only repeat what it hears.

Once it learns your voice, it is too late. That night,

Maya stayed silent. But from the water, something whispered again, using her exact