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In the reflection of his own dark screen, Elias didn't see himself. He saw the empty chair of his basement office, viewed from high above a city of violet glass.

Panicked, Elias tried to close the window, but the cursor wouldn't move. The progress bar of the video was moving backward, retreating from the end toward the beginning. As it reached 0:00, the monitor went pitch black. g60243.mp4

The video didn't show a room or a person. Instead, it was a static shot of a mirror. At first, it looked like a frozen frame. But then, Elias noticed the reflection. The camera filming the mirror wasn't there. In its place was a window looking out onto a city that Elias didn't recognize—a skyline of violet glass and floating spires. In the reflection of his own dark screen,