A dialogue box appeared:

He waited for the percentage counter. Usually, a rollback was quick—a quick reversion of files. But the screen didn't show a percentage. It just pulsed with that same white text.

"Getting things ready," the screen read.

He opened "My Documents." There was a folder named "School Stuff." Inside was an essay: The Great Gatsby Analysis - Draft 1.

He found it. He clicked it.

Elias froze. 2004?

The voice was his mother.