Marcus held his breath. The status changed to Seeding , but the upload speed remained zero. The peer vanished as quickly as they had appeared.

He unlocked his phone. The screen brightness was set to max. He opened his browser.

Marcus sat in the dark, breathing heavily. He waited for his heart rate to slow. It was just a creepy video, a sophisticated prank. A hacked file. A 'cursed video' gag from a bored encoder. That had to be it.