Elias scrubbed the timeline. At the 0:12 mark, the woman leaned forward and whispered something. There was no audio, but her lips moved clearly. He slowed the playback to 10%. “Help me delete the metadata,” she seemed to say.
Confused, Elias checked the file properties. The "Date Modified" was set to a day next week. The "Location" tag didn't point to a city, but to a set of GPS coordinates that placed the camera in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. 1080P_4000K_384083412_396x702(1).mp4
Suddenly, the file size began to grow. 45MB... 120MB... 2GB. Elias tried to close the player, but his mouse wouldn't move. On the screen, the woman in the beige coat reached out her hand, her fingers pressing against the glass of his monitor from the inside. Elias scrubbed the timeline