When Talon had closed the circle, concentrating on the intricate patterns that Harlequin had instructed him to make, the mage walked slowly to where Billy was lying. Talon dripped hot wax around and over the cyberzombie’s body. The candle wasn’t big enough to cover all of Billy’s body, so Talon dripped the wax in a crisscrossing lattice pattern. He continued his low chanting while he worked, the song helping to block out the beating of the drums that came from the hillside far below.