The screen didn't feel like plastic or glass. It felt like cold, wet skin.
It sat in a folder labeled Temp_Dump on a drive recovered from a flooded data center in the Pacific Northwest. Unlike the other files, which were dated and tagged, this one had no metadata. No "Date Created," no "Owner," no file size until he clicked it. He hit play. 63dccaedb1622.vid.mp4
The next morning, a coworker found Elias’s chair empty. On the desk, his coffee was still warm. When they checked the computer, there was only one file on the desktop. The screen didn't feel like plastic or glass