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The darkening sky blossoms like a vast purple flower as the sun sets. The chirping of cicadas fills the air and you both decide to stop and rest. Urik gathers up handfuls of berries and offers you a strange new food, a blue fungus that grows beneath the soil. Cautiously you bite into it then smile with surprise, for it is delicious and tastes remarkably like cured meat.

'It is called Lianor,' says Urik. 'Grows everywhere, yet hard to find. The secret gift of the Earth. Urik sees the secret places below the ground. Is it good?' You nod and hungrily finish the delicious fungi. The Lianor is packed with goodness and you may restore 1 ENDURANCE point. You rest beneath a twisted toa tree while Urik stands watch; eventually you drift off into a peaceful sleep.

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Concept copyright © 1985 Joe Dever and Gary Chalk.
Text copyright © 1985 Ian Page.