The man finally looked at him, a sad smile touching his lips. "The Loop doesn't let you stay, Elias. It only lets you visit. But remember the hum. As long as you can hear it, we’re never really apart."
Elias was trekking behind his house when he found it: a rusting cooling tower that had sprouted legs. It was a "Echo," a relic of the Loop’s early days, looking like a discarded transistor radio the size of a house. It sat motionless in a clearing, its metal hull shivering with a low, melodic hum. "Tales from the Loop" Loop(2020)
"It’s beautiful, isn't it?" the man said without looking at him. "The way the future leaks into the present when the seals get thin." The man finally looked at him, a sad smile touching his lips