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Elias froze. He didn't type back. He couldn't. His keyboard was locked.

On the monitor, the extraction finished. A single image file appeared. Elias clicked it, compelled by a force that felt like a physical itch behind his retinas. The image was a high-resolution render of his own room, viewed from the corner of the ceiling where no camera existed. In the center of the image sat Elias, staring at a screen that showed a man staring at a screen. g0386.7z.008

Suddenly, the screen flickered. A command prompt opened, typing itself: ARE YOU ALONE? Elias froze