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Alba’s phone buzzed. It was her old colleague, Mateo. She ignored it. He had warned her. "Don't go looking for it, Alba. The people who watched the whole thing… they're not right. They say the film doesn't just show you illusions. It downloads you ." Her screen flickered
Alba tried to look away. She couldn't.
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