Panic surged. He tried to Quit (Cmd+Q). Nothing. He tried to Force Quit. The system didn't even recognize the app was running.
The screen flickered. The text didn't stay "Elias." It began to cycle through names of people he knew—his mother, his primary school teacher, a girl whose heart he’d broken in college.
"Why did you download me for free, Elias?" a voice whispered, not from the speakers, but from the vibrations in his own desk.