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The screen didn’t flicker or turn blue. Instead, a window expanded to fill his vision, displaying a live satellite feed. The resolution was impossible—sharper than anything commercially available. It was a top-down view of a suburban street. As he squinted, he realized the pavement looked familiar. The cracked driveway, the rusted mailbox, the blue sedan... it was his house.

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He leaned in closer. On the screen, a small figure appeared on the porch of the digital house. The figure checked the mailbox, looked nervously up at the sky, and then went back inside. The screen didn’t flicker or turn blue

Elias didn't wait to see what happened at minute thirteen. He grabbed his keys and ran for the back door, leaving the computer humming. As he sprinted into the woods behind his home, he heard the screech of tires and the heavy thud of boots on his porch. It was a top-down view of a suburban street