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The woman stepped closer to the lens until her face filled the screen. The violet sky behind her began to flicker, bleeding into the sterile white light of Elias's own office. On the screen, behind the woman, Elias could see the back of his own chair.

"I found the offset," she whispered, her voice clear despite the twenty-year-old timestamp. She turned around. Her eyes weren't right—they weren't looking at the camera lens, but seemed to be looking through it, directly into the room where Elias sat. 41749989836-offset-10224.mp4

"The offset isn't a timestamp," she whispered, reaching a hand toward the camera. "It's a doorway." The woman stepped closer to the lens until