Elias double-clicked. The extraction bar crawled across the screen with agonizing slowness. 98%... 99%... 100%.
His heart hammered against his ribs. He didn't remember anyone being in the room. He didn't remember the air turning this cold. Part 3- Video Call zip
The file sat on Elias’s desktop, a stark white icon labeled . Elias double-clicked
On the video, the shadow leaned down, whispering into the ear of the Elias on camera. In the present, Elias felt a cold puff of air hit his neck. He didn't remember anyone being in the room
Then, on the screen within the screen, a shadow moved behind the "past" Elias.
Elias froze. In the video, he could see himself sitting at his desk, staring at his screen, just as he was doing now. But there was a three-second delay. He watched his past self reach for a glass of water.