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The girl turns her head 180 degrees to look directly into the lens. Her face is a smear of compression artifacts, but her eyes are clear, dark, and wide. "Project 11-07 is a loop, Elias," she whispers. The video cuts to black.

The frame rate is choppy—25 frames per second, but dropping lower. The girl begins to whisper. The audio is muffled, but Elias turns his speakers up until the static hum fills the room. "It’s not time yet," she says. "The export isn't finished." Project_11-07(2)_HD 720p_LOW_FR25mp4

He double-clicked. The media player struggled for a moment before a grainy, low-bitrate image flickered to life. The girl turns her head 180 degrees to

Behind him, he heard the distinct click of a camera lens autofocusing. The video cuts to black

Elias sat in the silence of his office, the hum of the external drive the only sound. He looked down at the file size. In the seconds since he’d finished watching, the file had grown. It wasn't a 20MB clip anymore. It was 400GB.