Alstain.avi -

For a moment, nothing. Then the image shuddered into existence: a single chair in the middle of an empty room. Fluorescent light. No shadows. The chair was wooden, straight-backed, the kind you’d find in an abandoned school.

I double-clicked.

The file was the only thing on the desktop. No icons, no wallpaper—just a black screen and that name: alstain.avi . 14.3 MB. Modified December 31, 1999, 11:59 PM. alstain.avi

At 0:21, the hand pointed directly at the lens. For a moment, nothing