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For the first three minutes, nothing happened. Elias was about to close the window when he noticed a slight tremor in the camera lens. A soft, rhythmic scratching sound began to bleed through the speakers—like a fingernail dragging across silk.

Elias sat in the silence of his apartment, his heart hammering. Then, he heard a soft click-whirr from his desk. He looked down. His own printer, which wasn't even turned on, had just spat out a single sheet of paper. 16262mp4

As the time receded, the room in the video began to brighten, as if the sun were rising in reverse. Objects started appearing in the empty room: a wooden chair, a stack of sealed envelopes, and finally, a silhouette standing by the window. For the first three minutes, nothing happened