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He played it again. And again. He became obsessed with the twelve seconds of someone else's "legendary" moment. Who were they? Did they ever bake the pie? Why was this the fourth version of the video?

The video didn’t start with a title card or a cinematic sweep. It was handheld, shaky, and slightly out of focus. It showed a small, cluttered kitchen filled with the golden light of a setting sun. In the center of the frame was a woman Elias didn't recognize, her back to the camera, humming a song that sounded like a half-remembered lullaby. video1 (4)mp4

"If this works," she said, "we’re going to be legends. Or at least, the best pie-makers in the county." The video cut to black. It was only twelve seconds long. He played it again

Elias checked the file properties. The date modified was years before he had even bought this computer. He had no memory of the woman, the man, or the kitchen. He had inherited the hard drive from a refurbished electronics shop three towns over. Who were they