“Stop looking at the past and start hiding; I’m almost home.”
Elias didn't go to the door. He watched the video. The figure in the reflection turned around, and though their face remained a blur of pixels, they looked directly into the "lens"—directly at Elias.
Most people would have wiped the drive immediately, but Elias was a digital archaeologist by hobby. He liked the ghosts left behind in hardware. He clicked "Properties." The file size was 0 bytes, yet it claimed to be forty minutes long. He double-clicked.