Then, on the screen within the screen, a shadow moved behind the "past" Elias.

The folder popped open, containing a single video file. He hit play.

The screen stayed black for ten seconds. Then, the low-light camera grain flickered to life. It wasn't Leo’s face. It was his desk, cluttered with coffee mugs and half-finished circuit boards. In the background, the video call window on Leo’s laptop was visible.