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On the screen, the man—the other Elias—stopped just inches from the window. He looked directly into the lens, his eyes wide with a desperate, silent plea. He held up a handwritten sign:

The video had changed again. The camera was no longer outside. It was inside a dimly lit basement. It was a shot of a man sitting at a desk, staring at a computer monitor. Elias watched himself on the screen, watching the video. VID375.mp4

The knock came again, louder this time. The steel door groaned as if something immense was pressing against it from the other side. Elias reached for his phone, but the screen was dead. He looked back at the monitor. On the screen, the man—the other Elias—stopped just