The Soulchaser and Nick walked through the cavem with
Bryce following close behind, givind directions to the
area with the white wolf drawing.  As he said the cave
had been easy to navigate, as long as they were
careful of ice patches on the floor of the cavern.  By
now, Soulchaser could sense the presence of Kristin,
Derek, and the fading presence of Phillip, so it
should have been smooth sailing.
 
Somehow, though, the trio came across the form of
Geoffrey Markham.
 
For a split second, Bryce had his doubts.  The big
fella had said that his dad wasn't in the cave.  It
was extremely unlikely that they would meet by chance,
and it even occurred to bryce that this may be that...
 thing trying to fool him.  All the doubt was washed
away, however, when Bryce gazed into his father's
eyes.  After that, the being could have told him he
was the Easter Bunny, and the photographer would have
believed him.  "Dad!" Bryce exclaimed as he rushed to
meet his estranged parent.
 
Before Soulchaser or Nick could stop him, Bryce had
allready ran over to greet his father with a warm
embrace, stepping unwittingly into Nick's line of
fire.  "I missed you, Dad," Bryce said...

Sensing the barrier between the supposed man and the
photographer Soulchaser reached out as fast as he
could and grabbed the hood of Bryce's parka, jerking
him back.

"What are you doing?" Bryce asked.  "It's just my
dad."

"One of those barriers is in front of him, Soulchaser
said.  "Keep your distance if you don't want to get
fried."

"Wha?" Bryce asked confused and then looking back to
his parent.  "What's going on?"

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