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Elias zoomed in on the reflection in her eyes. There, in the dark pupil of the woman on the couch, was a reflection of the cameraman. But the cameraman wasn't holding a camera. He was holding a phone—a smartphone. In 2007.
The woman on screen began to speak again, though Elias kept the volume off. He read her lips. "It’s not 2007. It’s never 2007."
This wasn't a movie. It was a bait file.
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Elias looked at his phone. The screen lit up his terrified face. The year on the status bar didn't read 2023. It read 2007.
It was a live stream of him, standing in the dark, holding the phone.