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Emma arrives at her apartment after an exhausting legal case. A young boy stops her, calls her Mom, and introduces himself as Archie Stirling from the year 2050. Emma assumes it is a prank. Archie then describes her hidden childhood trauma in Queens. Disturbed, Emma suspects a rival sent him. Archie bursts into tears and insists he arrived to save her. Emma steps inside her apartment and tells him to go home.
Emma walks to her apartment door after finishing a draining legal case. A boy in the hallway calls her Mom and presents a clearance pass. He identifies himself as Archie Stirling from 2050. Emma tells him to stop playing pranks.
As Emma unlocks her door, Archie shouts about her time locked in a Queens basement and the rose carved over cigarette burns. Emma suspects Stirling Corp or another opponent sent him. Archie weeps and insists he traveled back to save her life.
Emma notices that Archie's crying eyes look deeply familiar. Disturbed by the resemblance, she quickly pulls the apartment door shut. Emma leans against the wood to steady her breathing, then calls through the door, ordering the boy to go back home.
“I'm Archie Stirling, your son from the future.”
“When you were seven, they locked you in a basement in Queens for three days! You carved a rose into your right shoulder with a piece of glass to cover up the cigarette burns.”
“Mom, I'm here to save you.”
“His eyes... why do they feel so familiar it hurts to breathe?”
Emma shuts herself inside her apartment in emotional turmoil. She leans against the closed entrance, tries to convince herself she is simply overthinking, and tells the crying child outside to leave. Will Emma open the door to investigate how Archie knows her private history, or will she leave the stranded boy alone in the hallway?