The first line read: 000,000,001: 04:12:02 — The sound of a silver spoon hitting a ceramic tile. Elias frowned. He scrolled down a few pages.

001,200,000: 12:29:50 — The sound of a mouse clicking a Save button.

000,012,405: 12:44:19 — A sharp intake of breath before a first kiss.000,089,211: 03:00:10 — The clicking of a radiator in an empty apartment.

He scrolled to the very bottom of the file. The lines were still appearing, generated in real-time by a process he couldn't see.

Elias felt a cold sweat prickle his neck. He looked at the clock on his wall. 12:29 PM. He looked back at the file and began to search. He didn't know what he was looking for until he saw the date at the top of the metadata: Today.