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In the video, a shadow began to detach itself from the wall behind the desk. It was long, thin, and moved with the same stuttering frame rate as the camera.

The video opened on a low-angle shot of a suburban street, bathed in the sickly orange glow of sodium-vapor lamps. It was high-definition—720p, just as the name suggested—but the frame rate was slightly off, giving the movement a dreamlike, stuttering quality. 0gzjpgixd3hby6revi1zw_720p.mp4

The file 0gzjpgixd3hby6revi1zw_720p.mp4 suddenly vanished from his folder. The media player crashed to a black screen. In the reflection of his monitor, Elias saw the blue door of his office—which he knew he had locked—slowly, silently swing open. In the video, a shadow began to detach

The notification appeared at 3:14 AM. No sender, no subject line, just a single attachment: 0gzjpgixd3hby6revi1zw_720p.mp4. In the reflection of his monitor, Elias saw