"To conjugate the aorist of 'to turn' in the dual, first person, you must speak it aloud while holding a mirror to a clock."

The footnote had changed. Now it read: "You spoke the dual. You turned time. You are now a co-author. Welcome to the twenty-first declension. The only way out is to conjugate a verb that doesn't exist yet."

The file was labeled:

"This form teaches not only grammar, but a turning of time."

Then he noticed the footnote. It wasn't in the original Sivieri-Vivian drafts. It read: "Οὗτος ὁ τύπος οὐ μόνον γραμματικήν, ἀλλὰ χρόνου στροφὴν διδάσκει."