The Sleeping Giant of Kansas

Previously

…He needed more data. He needed to see the bigger picture. He started compiling reports from neighboring seismic stations, piecing together a mosaic of anomalies that, when viewed together, painted a chillingly coherent picture. The earth beneath Kansas wasn't just rumbling; it was shifting. And the rhythm, the deep, sonorous pulse he was detecting, was growing stronger. The sleeping giant was beginning to stir. He knew, with a certainty that settled like a stone in his gut, that the world was about to learn a terrifying new definition of the word "earthquake."