>TM 4
>LS 2
>PS ON
>PL60
>SM6
>CP ON
>FO OFF
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	You focus your Kai skills of nexus and curing upon 
Š	your bitten leg in an attempt to neutralize the 
Š	spider's poison and reduce the swelling. Eventually 
Š	this treatment works, but only after you have 
Š	suffered a great deal of discomfort and fatigue: lose 
Š	6 ENDURANCE points.

	You return to your bed and, as you sit down, you see 
Š	that the spider is still alive: it is clinging to the 
Š	far wall. You hurl your boot and it scurries down to 
Š	disappear through a crack in the uneven bamboo floor. 
Š	Your close encounter with this potentially deadly 
Š	spider plays on your mind and you find it impossible 
Š	to go back to sleep. At first light you gather 
Š	together your equipment and go down to the paddock to 
Š	collect your horse. The hostel-keeper calls you from 
Š	the kitchen window and holds up a large plate of food 
Š	that is your breakfast. The memory of the Zuath 
Š	crawling up your leg invades your mind and the 
Š	thought robs you of your appetite. You wave the man 
Š	farewell and then mount your horse and ride away 
Š	across the courtyard.


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