Files began deleting themselves. His screen mirrored his webcam, showing him sitting in the dark, but in the reflection, a figure stood behind him that wasn't there in the room. The figure held a physical binder, the spine labeled:
The organization shall determine external and internal issues. Beneath it, a line appeared: Elias, the door to your apartment is currently unlocked.
A notification chirped on his phone. A text from an unknown number: "Audit begins now."
When the file opened, it wasn't the dry, technical standard he expected. The PDF had "Full Permission" watermarked in a deep, bleeding red across every page. As he scrolled, the text began to shift. The standard clauses on "Information Security Management" started incorporating details from his own life.
Elias tried to close the browser, but the mouse cursor moved on its own, dragging his email client into view. The "Full Permission" wasn't a license for him to read the document; it was a grant of access for the document to read him .
