In the distance, a house burned. No—not burned. Un-built. The flames moved backward, consuming smoke, reassembling charred beams into fresh lumber, then into walls, then into a perfect suburban home. Then the home de-aged further—paint peeling on , shingles appearing from dust, until it became a construction site, then an empty lot, then a forest, then nothing.
Lena turned up her speakers.
Her IT friend Marco had laughed. "Corrupted download cache. Just delete them." Lumion-2024-4-2-download.026