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He played it again. And again. He became obsessed with the twelve seconds of someone else's "legendary" moment. Who were they? Did they ever bake the pie? Why was this the fourth version of the video?
"If this works," she said, "we’re going to be legends. Or at least, the best pie-makers in the county." The video cut to black. It was only twelve seconds long. video1 (4)mp4
Three weeks later, he got a message. “That’s my mother,” it read. “And my father was the one filming. He died before he could ever finish the edit. We thought all the footage was lost when their house flooded in '05.” He played it again
Elias checked the file properties. The date modified was years before he had even bought this computer. He had no memory of the woman, the man, or the kitchen. He had inherited the hard drive from a refurbished electronics shop three towns over. Who were they
He started searching local archives, looking for that kitchen's unique backsplash or the woman’s distinctive laugh. He posted a still frame on a "Lost Memories" forum.