He looked back at the video. The man in the headset had turned around. He wasn't a stranger. He was Arthur—wearing the exact same shirt Arthur was wearing right now, sitting in the exact same chair.
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The video was crystal clear—disturbingly so for a drive from 2008. It showed a static shot of a cluttered workshop. In the center of the frame sat a man with his back to the camera, wearing a headset. He didn't move. He didn't breathe. He looked back at the video