[quote=Zoe Beringer] Every hair on the back of her neck was standing on end. There was something very wrong here, and it wasn't related to what had happened the day before. Zoe had pushed through this feeling of unease before, and she would do it once again for the sake of placing the final nail in this project. "Okay, well i believe if we head this way we should be down in a few hours. I will break trail." Taking a few steps forward, she made sure to keep the Drac and Micheal in her peripheral. About one foot of powder was piled on top of the permafrost below and it was slow going to break through the upper crust. Weird how the others had not seemed to have been slowed by the barrier as they approached her before. [/quote] Michael watches this process take place, analyzing every step.