Min | Ranoranilac E48 Hd02:22:16

Marko looked at his own watch. It was . He realized he wasn't just watching an old recording; he was waiting for the visitor to arrive.

Marko loaded the file. For the first two hours, it was standard morning fare. Then, at exactly , the screen flickered. The cheerful morning host didn't stop talking, but the background behind her began to warp. The studio windows, which usually showed a sunrise over the Danube, now showed a city that didn't exist—a landscape of obsidian towers and violet skies. Ranoranilac E48 HD02:22:16 Min

The archive at the RTS station in Belgrade was a labyrinth of magnetic tape and digital ghosts. Marko, a junior restoration technician, was tasked with digitizing the "Ranoranilac" (Early Bird) morning show archives from the late 1990s. Marko looked at his own watch