DAMN!

OKAY, WE'RE IN A CAVE. GARROT IS HERE, FROZEN IN A BLOCK OF ICE. WE ALSO HAVE HIDEAKI WITH US. WE'RE ABOUT TO TRY MELTING HIM.

HF; (ALRIGHT, ESTREN. READY?)

ES; (Yeah. Let's get started.)

WE ARE NOW MELTING THE ICE. OKAY, IT'S MELTED.

HF; (HE'S UNCONSCIOUS.)

ES; (Obviously.)

HK; Wake him up.

ES; I'm trying to. Wait, I think he's coming to.

HF; (LET ME SPEAK.)

ES; (Fine.)

GARROT IS NOW AWAKE.

GK; Who's there? Where am I?

HF; IT'S BEEN A WHILE, GARROT.

GK; Who are you?

HF; I AM THE FIRE THAT BURNS IN THE DEPTHS OF HELL.

GARROT HAS BACKED AWAY, TERRIFIED.

GK; The Dying Man! What are you doing here!?

HF; I AM JUST A PIECE OF WHAT USED TO BE THE DYING. AND I THINK YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE.

GK; You're after IT, aren't you?

HF; TELL ME, GARROT. WHERE IS THE GODSLAYER?

GK; I don't know! I hid it away, then I forgot the location.

HF; LIAR!

GK; I'm telling the truth!

HF; WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT!

DAMNATION! I ENTERED HIS MIND AND SEARCHED IT. HE HAS NO MEMORY OF THE GODSLAYER'S LOCATION. IT'S NOT JUST REPRESSED. IF THAT WERE THE CASE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UNCOVER IT. NO, THE MEMORIES HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY REMOVED. I SENSE THE WORK OF A CERTAIN OLD CROW INVOLVED HERE.

HF; ALRIGHT, HIDEAKI, DO WHAT YOU WILL.

GK; Hideaki!? My son is here!?

HK; Yes, father. I am here. And we need to discuss some things.

ESTREN AND I HAVE LEFT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING BETWEEN GARROT AND HIDEAKI, AND I DON'T CARE. ALL I CARE ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS THE FACT THAT MY FINAL LEAD IS GONE. I MAY NEVER DISCOVER THE LOCATION OF THE GODSLAYER. UNLESS... OF COURSE! THE PALE ONE! HE COMES FROM THE FUTURE! HE MAY HAVE KNOLEDGE OF ITS LOCATION!

ES; It's not that simple. I can't pick him up. His body contains too much eldritch energy. He'll just show up as another distortion on my mask.

HF; THEN LET'S START GOING THROUGH THESE DISTORTION. EVENTUALLY, WE SHOULD FIND EITHER HIM OR DAWSON. EITHER WAY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GROW CLOSER TO ONE OF OUR GOALS.

ES; Let's hope so...