>TM 4
>LS 2
>PS ON
>PL66
>SM6
>CP ON
>FO OFF
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		δ80δ      

	Your swift blow strikes the spider and sends it 
Š	hurtling across the room, but not before it has had a 
Š	chance to inject its lethal poison into your thigh. 
	A red-hot lance of pain shoots up your thigh and make 
Š	you cry out in agony. You muster your Kai healing 
Š	skills to counter the venom, but the pain hardly 
Š	recedes at all.

	If you possess Cowana Herb, turn to  β243β

	If you do not possess this healing herb, turn to  β225β
	
	

	
	
		
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
		β243β

	You roll off the bed and drag yourself across the 
Š	floor to where your backpack lies. Hurriedly to pull 
Š	open the flap, retrieve the Cowana herb, and rub it 
Š	vigorously into your thigh. The pain eases and, in a 
Š	matter of minutes, you sense that the deadly venom 
Š	has been neutralised by the properties of the 
Š	powerful healing properties of this herb. (erase 
Š	Cowana from your ιAction Chartι).

	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 (lose 3 ENDURANCE points due to 
Š	nausea and fatigue). 
	
	At first light you gather together your equipment and 
Š	go down to the paddock to collect your horse. The 
Š	hostel-keeper calls you from the kitchen window and 
Š	holds up a large plate of food that is your 
Š	breakfast. The memory of the Zuath crawling up your 
Š	leg invades your mind and the thought robs you of 
Š	your appetite. You wave the man farewell and then 
Š	mount your horse and ride away across the courtyard.

	Turn to  β314β