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He moved his cursor to the trash bin, but paused. Instead, he right-clicked and hit . He deleted the timestamp and typed: The Last Excuse . He didn't delete the file; he moved it to a folder labeled Active .

He opened a blank document, took a deep breath, and finally began to write. bandicam 2023-01-01 02-22-59-471.mp4

Elias looked at his current hands. They were empty. He looked at his room, which looked exactly the same as it did in the reflection of the screen a year prior. He realized he hadn't started "the project"—he couldn't even remember what it was supposed to be. He moved his cursor to the trash bin, but paused