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The air is sweet with the smell of wet grass. The sun rises above the trees to the east, and mist steams from the hills on either side of the highway. By noon you reach a small village, where brightly decorated cottages line a cobblestoned square. A shrine with an enormous onion-shaped dome stands in the middle of the square, and in its shadow sit a group of old women. They are tending to some shrubs with bright orange berries, which grow in the shade.

If you possess the Magnakai Discipline of Curing, turn to 250.

If you wish to stop and investigate the shrine, turn to 342.

If you wish to continue on your way to Varetta, turn to 100.

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