The (a rival magnet-user, a sentient field, or a government agency)
I can then write the next chapter of Elias's transformation. MAGNETIC BRACELETS
The (flight, hacking electronics, or metal manipulation) The (a rival magnet-user, a sentient field, or
By afternoon, he realized the extent of the "alignment." He could feel the city’s power grid like a map of glowing veins beneath the pavement. He could hear the silent scream of every hard drive and the pulse of every cell tower. But there was a cost. His body was pulling the world toward him. Cutlery skittered across restaurant tables as he walked by. Paperclips rose like tiny soldiers in his wake. But there was a cost
The hum of the MRI machine was a rhythmic, mechanical heartbeat. Inside the tube, Elias felt his wrist throb. He had forgotten to take off the copper-and-magnet bracelet—a cheap gift from a roadside mystic who promised it would "align his frequencies."