>TM 4 >LS 2 >PS ON >PL60 >SM6 >CP ON >FO OFF >------L-----------------------!---------------------------R ä218ä The balloon lurches away from the mountainside yet Š the effect of your heroic effort is dramatically Š short-lived. The crosswind proves to be stronger than Š your Kai mastery. Cursing your ill fortune, you brace Š yourself against the inside of the basket as the Š outcrop looms nearer. Moments later, there is the Š sound of ripping cloth and you are jolted off your Š feet. Yranai falls on top of you and you lie Š entangled together at the bottom of the basket. Then Š the balloon is suddenly whisked away from the outcrop Š by a second crosswind. You disentangle yourself from the old man and Š struggle to your feet. You can feel the balloon is Š rapidly losing altitude and, when you peer over the Š rim of the basket, you see the trees of the lower Š mountain slopes rising towards you at a dizzying Š speed. Yranai pulls himself up beside you, but when Š he sees shreds of cloth trailing from the punctured Š canopy above, he faints and collapses. Hurriedly you Š haul his frail body over your shoulder. Then you Š place one foot on the rim of the basket and get ready Š to make a desperate leap away from this doomed Š balloon as the top of the mountain pines come clearly Š into view. If you possess Kai-alchemy, turn to â107â If you do not possess this Grand Master discipline, Š turn to â115â