Download- Xxxx -18-.mov -1.1 Mb- -

On screen, his past self turned slowly and looked directly into the lens—a lens that shouldn't have existed in that room.

The file size on his desktop blinked. It now read: 2.2 MB . Download- Xxxx -18-.mov -1.1 MB-

His cursor hovered over the folder. His gut said delete . But the 1.1 MB nagged at him. Too small for a movie. Too large for a text file. It was the size of a single, compressed image… or a ghost. On screen, his past self turned slowly and

The file name was the problem. The "XXXX" wasn't a placeholder. It was four actual X's, like a censored curse word. The "18" suggested an age, or a number. And ".mov" meant video. His cursor hovered over the folder

Leo stared at the blinking cursor. The download window was frozen at the last byte: "Download - XXXX -18-.mov -1.1 MB - Complete."

He double-clicked.

For a second, nothing. Then QuickTime player opened, black and hungry.