We were driving up the east coast of Taiwan and stopped at a resting/scenic spot that overlooked the ocean. There was a reflecting pool with flowing water by the road and my uncle asked, “do you know how this works?” I said of course so he asked me where the water was coming from. I pointed to the pipe at the bottom of the pool. Then he asked where the water was going. I told him that it flowed off the edges before circulating back into the pool. “No. It flows down the cliff as a weapon” he corrected. He said that I was taking things too literally.