plant communication 2025-09-16T08:27:50Z

Rain lashed against my apartment windows last Tuesday night, that relentless London drizzle mirroring the static in my brain. I'd just swiped closed my tenth consecutive viral reel – kittens skateboarding, influencers hawking detox teas – when the hollow ache behind my eyes sharpened into something visceral. My thumb hovered over the glowing screen like a traitor. This wasn't leisure; it was digital self-flagellation. I craved substance like a parched throat craves water, but every app felt like

Frostbit fingers fumbled with grease-smeared walkie-talkies as the ammonia alarm screamed through Packaging Line 3. That acrid chemical stench – like burnt hair and bleach – hit seconds before the flashing red lights. Panic surged hot in my throat. Was it a leak? A valve failure? Through the chaos, I saw Rodriguez sprinting toward emergency shutoffs, mouth moving but words lost in the machinery roar. My radio crackled uselessly: "...north quadrant...evacua..." Static swallowed the rest. That mom