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In the center of the frame stood a woman in a yellow slicker, her back to the camera. She was looking out at a sea so dark it swallowed the horizon. For twelve seconds, she didn't move. Then, at the 0:13 mark, she turned. She didn't look at the person filming; she looked directly into the lens, as if she knew that years later, in a quiet apartment, Elias would be watching.

She raised a hand, flashing a sequence of three numbers on her fingers——before the video cut to black. g4_01229.mp4

He looked at his hands. He had no memory of being at the pier that day. He had no memory of the woman. But as he glanced at the reflection in his darkened monitor, he saw a yellow slicker hanging on the hook behind him—dripping wet, though it hadn't rained in weeks. In the center of the frame stood a