Elias looked at the video progress bar. There were ten seconds left. In the footage, the figure slowly turned its head toward the camera—toward the vent—and smiled. It wasn't a human smile; it had too many teeth and not enough soul. The video ended. The file vanished from the folder.
Suddenly, a notification chimed in the real world. A text from an unknown number: “You weren't supposed to hear that.” Download [BC] Don't Say mp4
Curiosity, that old digital trap, got the better of him. He double-clicked. Elias looked at the video progress bar
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