The screen went black. In the reflection of the monitor, Elias saw the train's whistle-steam rising from his own keyboard.

Then, on page six of a dusty archival site, he found it: Murder.on.the.Orient.Express.2017.720p.EXTREME.CORRECTED.srt .

Elias paused the video. He blinked. He looked at the filename. The subtitle track was still there, a simple text file, yet it had addressed him by name. He hit play again.

He dragged the file into the player. The movie flickered to life. The 720p resolution was crisp enough to see the frost on the train's windows. Poirot appeared, and the text matched his voice with surgical precision. Elias settled back, satisfied.