The man in the reflection was wearing Elias’s blue hoodie.
The video Elias didn't mimic his movements. It began to walk. Not toward the train, but toward the camera lens—toward the screen. sub_vid.mp4
Suddenly, a train screamed into the station. The doors hissed open, but no one stepped off. Instead, the camera began to zoom in—slowly, mechanically—on the dark windows of the subway car. In the reflection of the glass, Elias saw a man standing on the platform, holding a phone. The man in the reflection was wearing Elias’s blue hoodie