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The video ends abruptly. The last frame is a single word, typed over the black screen in white Courier font: (DELETED).

"Meu desejo louco," she whispers, "é que ele nunca tenha existido. Que a gente nunca precise ter medo do beijo de boa noite." As-Panteras---Louco-Desejo-da-Sobrinha.avi

The sisters (they are not truly sisters, the file will reveal, but cousins raised together) exchange glances. Preta, the eldest, leans forward. Her desire, she says, is to burn down her uncle’s law firm. She describes it in meticulous detail – the smell of melting filing cabinets, the way the smoke would curl under the door of his corner office. The video ends abruptly

Then the camera turns to Loira. She is the youngest, the sobrinha – the niece. The file name’s subject. She has been quiet. Her hands are folded on her lap. She looks directly into the lens. Que a gente nunca precise ter medo do beijo de boa noite

The man’s voice returns, but distorted, as if recorded from inside a closet: "Você não devia ter achado esse arquivo."