Leo froze. On the tablet screen, the version of him in the video was looking at a tablet too. But in the video, there was something standing in the shadows behind him—something tall, thin, and static-filled—that wasn't in his actual room.

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He hovered his cursor over the link. His finger trembled. He knew the risks of sideloading unknown files: malware, identity theft, or worse. But curiosity is a heavy weight. He clicked.