On the back, his uncle’s handwriting: "Nature changes its clothes, Elias. The world is never the same color twice. Look up."

He expected a corruption of the digital age—something scandalous or a glitchy thumbnail. Instead, when he double-clicked, the screen didn't fill with skin. It filled with .

He checked the file metadata. No GPS coordinates, but the "Camera Model" field had been manually edited to read: KEEP WALKING WEST.