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Your lightning-fast reactions have saved you from being hit. You dive forward and roll, so that the needle pierces your cloak but not your skin. However, the trident-armed guards close in, confident that the needle has found its mark, and you are tranquillized. The instant they lower their weapons you attack.

Turn to 168.

Text copyright © 1985 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1985 Gary Chalk.