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Across the street, then down the block, and eventually throughout the city, thousands of monitors flickered to life, showing Elias sitting in his kitchen, staring at the fridge.

In the frame, a man sat at the kitchen table, his back to the camera. He was hunched over a laptop, the blue light reflecting off the chrome toaster nearby. Download File 6579f47f1cf4568e18a906872c29e1ca.mp4

Elias froze. Slowly, his gaze drifted toward the corner of his kitchen where the humming fridge stood. Taped to the side of the appliance, just out of his normal line of sight, was a small, black lens he had never noticed before. Across the street, then down the block, and

On the video, the man turned around. It was Elias, but his eyes were hollowed out, replaced by shifting patterns of static. The "Video Elias" looked directly into the lens and held up a handwritten sign. It read: Elias froze