Subject 7742 feels a slight chill in the room. Elias froze. He didn't breathe. He looked at the screen.

Subject 7742 (Elias) moves cursor to scroll bar.

Subject 7742 stops breathing. Heart rate: 104 BPM.

Elias looked at the clock. It was 3:01 AM. Outside, the streetlights flickered and died in perfect synchronization with the next line of text appearing on his screen.

The scroll bar hit the bottom. There was only one sentence left at the very end of the file, dated exactly one year from today:

He scrolled frantically to the end of the document, his eyes blurring. He needed to see the final line. He needed to know if the "show" was renewed.