Chapter 17: A New WorldGarner realized, for starters, that he could mentally perceive every Vee in the apartment—for all four had come, presumably to be present at the Change, but must have arrived after he and Alonzo had begun the process. They were all in the living room.
He reached out—and out, further into the city that pulsed beyond the apartment building. And its occupants. Other than the sense of fellow tenants of the building itself, he had a vague sense of humanity, rather than individual human minds. Although here and there, something—someone, presumably—was different, a more intense presence.
Reaching in the direction of the industrial park, he sought out the presence of the Caretaker. After perhaps a minute of searching, he gasped. He could sense, quite clearly, the presence
