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The screen didn't go black. Instead, it began to display a live feed. It wasn't a video from a camera, but a rendered reconstruction of his own room, built in real-time from the electromagnetic echoes of his own devices. On the screen, a digital avatar of Elias sat at a digital desk, staring at a digital monitor. And then, the avatar turned around.
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In the reflection of his real-world monitor, Elias saw his own face, pale and wide-eyed. But on the screen, the avatar reached out toward the edge of the frame, its fingers brushing the "close" button of the window. The screen didn't go black