"Uncle, have you felt any earthquakes these days?"
"Earthquake? Haven't felt any."
"Have any of your poultry behaved abnormally?"
"Yes, my dog killed one of my ducklings a couple of days ago. Also, this morning, I saw a large patterned snake crawling in the field. Haven't seen a snake like that in ages."
"Thinking back to those days, we often hunted them..."
"..."
Faced with the older man who chatted endlessly, almost not letting anyone leave, the person involved was left speechless.
"..."
"No sensations."
"..."
"Is an earthquake going to happen?"
"Don't panic, we're just asking."
"..."
No exceptions.
No one in the nearby villages felt anything, and as for the ambiguous answers given because of their questioning, they were automatically ignored. All responses that lay between perception and non-perception were deemed invalid data.
After all.
Sitting in a chair.
The vibration from a heartbeat can make someone feel like they're trembling.