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At 4:05 AM, she clicks the radio off, tucks it back into her coat, and walks out of the frame toward the street. The motion light stays on for another thirty seconds before clicking off, plunging the driveway back into the pre-dawn blue.

Elias didn’t see it happen in person. He only found the footage weeks later while clearing out his cloud storage. 2022-12-20-04-03-56.mp4

She stops right in the center of the driveway, directly under the light. She looks up, not at the camera, but at the sky. For ten seconds, she stands perfectly still as the snow settles on her shoulders and the brim of her hat. At 4:05 AM, she clicks the radio off,