thousands of new telepaths created by geomagnetic storm. manifestations of extrasensory perception reported as far south as Los Angeles
the shared fabric warps and tears, and glimmers of cognitive power shriek through, latching parasitically onto nearby patterns, before the rift is sealed by the planet's central dynamo
outside of Leningrad, a communal farm becomes a communal intelligence, minds swaged together in agony as the outer layers conform to one another and in ecstasy as deeper structures intersect
