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A shadow moves across the kitchen wall. It doesn't belong to the girl. It’s tall, spindly, and moves with a jittery, digital lag, as if the person it belongs to is dropping frames in real life. The girl doesn't look back. She reaches out and touches the refrigerator door. As her fingers meet the metal, the video begins to "pixelate"—not the standard digital noise, but actual holes appearing in the footage, revealing a void of pure white behind the image.

Elias froze. The person holding the camera was wearing the exact same hoodie he was wearing right now. The room behind the cameraman wasn't the kitchen from the video—it was Elias’s current office. Project_11-07(2)_HD 720p_LOW_FR25mp4

Behind him, he heard the distinct click of a camera lens autofocusing. A shadow moves across the kitchen wall

The girl turns her head 180 degrees to look directly into the lens. Her face is a smear of compression artifacts, but her eyes are clear, dark, and wide. "Project 11-07 is a loop, Elias," she whispers. The video cuts to black. The girl doesn't look back