The video ended abruptly at 1:04. I hit replay, but the file wouldn't open again. A popup appeared: Error: Source file "gon1.mp4" no longer exists.
I looked up from my monitor, and for the first time, I noticed the shadow in the corner of my own room. I grabbed my phone, turned on the flashlight, and aimed it at the floor. The light hit the wall, passed over the molding, and then... it just stopped. gon1.mp4
In the video, Elias reached out. His hand disappeared into the black patch on the wall as if he were dipping it into water. He didn't flinch. He looked back at the camera, his eyes wide and strangely reflective, and whispered, "It’s not an absence of light. It’s a presence of something else." The video ended abruptly at 1:04