The screen went black. The smell of ozone filled the room. When Elias finally got his backup drive to mount, the file was gone. In its place was a single, 0-byte text document titled:
He tried to delete the layer, but his mouse cursor began to move on its own, dragging a keyframe across the timeline. A deep, synthesized hum vibrated through his headphones. The "ShareAE" watermark, usually a nuisance, began to pulse like a heartbeat in the corner of the frame. 38525005-quotes-titles-after-effects-ShareAE.co...
Elias frowned, hitting Cmd+Z . The text didn't change. He opened the "Quote 01" composition. The source text layer was empty, yet the screen displayed a new sentence in a jittery, glitch-effect animation: "They forgot to check the 'Export' box on my life." The screen went black