 They give Baal a patch that will lock Phreak in the game along with Walter, so that they can force him to give the code that will free Walter.We learn that Phreak is a 15-year-old boy whose father was part of a snake handling sect and died of a rattlesnake bite.The mother eventually died, and Phreak is convinced that she was also killed by snakes, which he believes lurk in the shadows waiting to pounce on him.