Elias checked his watch. The numbers matched the current time, down to the millisecond. Every time he blinked, the "iris" in the video seemed to get closer. He tried to close the window, but the cursor wouldn't move. He tried to pull the plug, but the monitor stayed powered, glowing with an impossible, violet light.
It wasn’t a video of a room or a person. It was a high-resolution feed of a , a celestial body that shouldn't exist, swirling with colors that the human eye isn't wired to process. As Elias watched, the nebula began to fold in on itself, mimicking the shape of a human iris. 16296mp4
The timestamp at the bottom of the screen didn't show a date from the past. It was a countdown: 00:14:22:09. Elias checked his watch