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Montana.
Idaho.
Wyoming.
Colorado.
Utah.
The pattern expands rapidly.
My chest tightens as the shape becomes clearer.
“Oh no.”
Boone studies the screen.
“What?”
“This isn’t regional.”
“What is it?”
I zoom out.
The map expands.
More markers appear.
Dozens.
Then hundreds.
Across the entire western United States.
Volunteer networks.
Search teams.
Emergency responders.
Each one a node in the system.
“Boone,” I say quietly.
“Yeah?”
“This isn’t a church program.”
“No.”
“This isn’t even a recruitment network.”
“Then what is it?”
I look at the map.
At the quiet system slowly spreading across half the country.
