She checked her phone. The date was .

Eris stared at the black screen. Her reflection stared back, younger, unlined, but with the same widening eyes.

The timestamp in the corner read:

The timestamp in the video said May 28th, 2024. That was almost two years ago. But the woman in the video had been her. Same face. Same voice. Same scar.

She looked back at the screen. The video player had changed. A new line of text glowed faintly beneath the frozen final frame: