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It wasn't his phone. It was a small, die-cast toy. A blue bike.

He looked back at the screen. The silhouette in the video was leaning forward now, reaching a hand toward the Elias on the screen. Download DATA File v1.27

"V1.27 is a mirror," a voice whispered from his headset. It wasn't recorded. It was synthesized from the ambient noise of his own apartment—the hum of the fridge, the click of his keyboard. It wasn't his phone

"It's not downloading a file," Elias realized, his breath hitching. "It's uploading me ." " Elias realized

He tried to cancel the transfer, but his mouse cursor had vanished. On the screen, the progress bar finally jumped to 1%.