08-13-57.mkv — 2023-03-20

In the video, seven-year-old Leo isn't playing. He kneels by the hydrangea, reaches deep into the soil of the pot, and pulls out a small, mud-caked tin box. He looks directly into the camera—not because he knows it's there, but because he’s checking the street for his parents. He whispers something, his lips moving too fast to read, and tucks a folded piece of yellow paper into the tin before burying it again.

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Elias caught his breath. Those were his son Leo’s shoes—the ones he’d lost a week before they moved out of that house. In the video, seven-year-old Leo isn't playing

At , Elias’s own voice calls out from off-camera: "Leo! Car’s loaded! Time to go!" He whispers something, his lips moving too fast

The boy jumps, pats the dirt flat, and disappears from the frame. The video runs for another minute—just the sound of a car engine starting and the wind whistling through the leaves—before cutting to black at .