a half hour while Hea
answered it. 'The B
ical man with a heart
ce him Lyra, that was
more. You sent me to
do it for long. The S
position you promised
n the field again. Th
others you've got hi
ot human. We must be
of his kind, named
ors. If they bleed,
We've come too far
st, we will wait, unt
uite opened his Third Eye yet, more like he's blinking and still unsure. The other, howeve
m, if you can find a
e had been drifting u
uh ... was just checkin
t? Oh, I'm missing it
the sunrise and put
r hand on his. She k
n Deo's door, but
go in there and so
emergency key and
rt, but they needed
scribed him as drunk
into the roomette h
gh everything, but
moned his Soulfyr
, he passed into t
d as the world, of w
erred sticking to
than running off to just yet another one of infinite alternati
long-and as a Wynderelf, he suffered the same afflic
ng On-for only recently had he finally learned to h
helped before, for every-time they screwed up, he w
with Kyle he felt dif
rules that might free Deo in the end, if it taught him ho
Darkhill and Kyle an
go? I never really e
ore us. We'll see hi
e we can stop off at
where he's at these da
number? Can't you c
y so intent on seein
ust thought, since yo
I never said that. Any
eld North of Darkhill,
om her starry slumber,
ough old territory, i
ood already, as fear w
how good men must die
that she had lost time
nge that her values
iller of the evil in
k of the Earth first,
ree to be an animal, w
d-her inner lizard set
" her cry boomed t
hway, when headlights
had stopped Kyle befo
night without a sign a
t she was real even thou
et: "This is Officer Humbl
his situati
turned: 'Hey Ted, what
we've been hunting, you know
got another eye witness ask
, gulping. The Squatch was ap
this close to my holidays.
hat ... You're breaking up
ng at the Squatch as we
Ted dropped the transmit
pped the door off, tossin
ut, aiming his gun and
ust like bug-bites to
quivered in fear, lift
ought of devouring him
it was usually only in winter-and with preference toward non-sentient animals. Even the on
she felt alive for once-a
rom him and threw it ac
et his neck, she had a
"If you want to live
To his astonishment, th
ou understand? There
m get back in the car
larm there Nance, just
responded in laughter
n, could you run a na
What you got for m
n Darkhill. I n
e minute. I'm on
on? Anything st
r him to quit the
l ... Okay that would be Carol Kane at 222 Dove Cr
thank her for the
into the ditch th
tress, but she stil
nd jacket, then drov
h the jungle up
ergrown trail up
tood unchanged on
t unchanged in h
eard was no long
ll reflected the
e still disarmed
, how nice of y
st choice, " Deo
ave been consi
ngs. Mainly w
ean, Deo? I d
you chose to s
re the suicides
about others wh
but those who c
ead. Om was al
very end, I see,
d, pouring the
sled you, in any
m, once and for
for some time.
etimes we ask Key
re beginning to le
're not getting of
im. He was just an Old Mage from the Golden Age of the magic weald French's Forest, which was a powerful nexus. He
t, trying to reme
are those killing themselves every second. I sit here and save them, as I did you Deo-from certain death-with just a wi
eve me. Apparently I've been living in your game for qu
fraid not, but I never directly tell the Wynderelves su
.. fraud? Some sorc
essure rising. Om w
lied in words. You
iece, but sensed t
he right to interfer
he chess pieces, d
g right by mankind.
green lights now. "
t sounds like you h
ing over, grabbing
e now, I can feel it
... There's a new
t of the cabin. Om followed, but the sunli
your Calling Deo!
Deo yelled back. He wa
t before his threshold is reached-but you, Deo, this is your ultimate chance. I will cut you off from your Soulfyr and it will event
d. "WHERE DO YOU TH
d back down the path,
d man whispered in his
atch Deo go, they ha
s duty to see the Sou
ece from his custom W
rth-so that nothing remained to keep him from Passing On-and h
ginger tea and steppe
locked in one side of
im, wildlife echoing up
t had been so for nearl
ive up on a Wynderelf
one was the survival
t allow his Game t
dea of cleaning up
aid, in their signature enchanting harmony. 'But if your Wynderelves ever veer from sav
had said. "And I
his ways, through
ng-following the p
Three Keyes, thro
he Wynderelves an
ed many lives-incl
e of reality. This was a loop-back to a second chance for so many under Om's tutelage-
il ever knew-then the entire effort would be for naught-a
n. He would go down just as that bullet out on the fro
viewed Jax, his assistant werejaguar. 'Jax, you are
s biped form, approaching
listened at length-and he
e invited Jax to sit and a
He smells of Death, but yet
xpire in three days, at which point you should have little pro
ighten
eedom. You'v
, eager to carr
for he has friends ...
igh on a fever, however he chose to look at it. One minu
e did not believe Om wo
eeded and Deo would not
s to the pitfalls and perils of mountain-hiking all around him
so many different ways he was
k to Kyle and explain eve
and then found a good c
, until the green tendrils of light formed a torus shape around
as Om often said-and the next
past the Welcome to Darkh
omeone going in to Darkhi
fast before Om cut him
they did not know where the Kanes lived-only th
y help me, I need t
ght, she's there every si
Flint's Bowl. "Wait
ed-head, she's the o
eo felt like six f
s eyed him up as
mething dear?" a
enu ... and point
sking, not some
, friend of her so
now, I never wou
ng the jibe. "Alr
bowl for awhile,
what you wanted
steak rare-eggs
hun. Our Angus i
worry, last meals
t breakfast in th
ven't eaten in ab
must be starvin
d to act casual bu
n his first free
and Heather into
other was out bo
his friend tomorrow. Tonight, he just wanted som
o, are you goi
ust me ... Do
cereal, so he
ever to eat
But you love
. Just jokin
time you wan
me where t
into the gu
ght into th
the window,
signing off anytime soon if at all. He would wa
come home and
e there one night
pt he switched on
rting on the pro
estimates, days o
se coming from th
a flashlight but
ned to go back i
his doorway, loo
want with me?
ped back and s
dead-lock s
sank in an
ded the
ed in p
d smash
lfyr wr
sted i
hed in
at the top of
, as it shut itse
open, but it was
aid sleepily. "W
g, hun ... Go back t
shut the front door
door and slid to the f
on was becomi
corner these
rted to unlock and he
mom coming home from
friend here
so glad I f
are you d
o talk, so
ll catch
ugged. "
are you
ot date.
en a go
ll see y
atched h
ked and
that she
eo into th
lled into
er was co
d to ditch
ket on. It was small on her and she looked ridiculous, but she figured even just a jacket might be
squinty-eyed old hippie wh
He must have been too s
of a pub, but they too we
ess, she spotted the man
orth talking to another
w, crouched in the bushe
at did you
him down
you think
ferent light, I see that he's capable of anythin
n't have
ll, really
ve quickl
ed up hi
to lose,
mething concrete, step
before he takes us out,
s that kind of power ov
the only reason we're st
. But he gave us new life. How do we know he can take th
t before, send a soul to Hell. But more than that, prior to us meeting, he had begun to fret about Nibiru's arrival. He kept talking about how it would thin the
luffing. He might not b
ing though. He feels res
ourselves. Isn't that what he wanted, after all? Didn't he
how he saw us do it, but
w. He's just a fraud, a
we must do, before we ca
you have
to learn
you mea
e through walls, Kyle-through time and space-as well as
before we lose the cha
Miramar is his backyard
will. We will get rea
at will you tell her?
just as he spoke he not
talking, just thoug
h did yo
ing, jus
member
ice to
as just
in the
, why not
d, but she
isn't impos
and we'll get star
g on?" Heather sa
just got some ca
ack, " Deo suppo
Let's all get s
was beginning
d she snapped back into herself. She recalled Vedek wanted her to murder good men-and that sh
he ran, once the mind-control ki
he men in black drov
saw something, "
er, where the
body lay half
arm, the Squa
alerted Hea
pproachin
he Kane i
not follow through,
as well as Kane and
t their abilities yet
yft and Summon. Goo
" Huntingt
ady knew
od are t
s a dea
own Shyfting. Let's see if the Squatch fo
's an outl
law is bett
left standi