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You concentrate all your skill on trying to save your companion's life. Placing your hands on his chest, you transfer the warmth of your healing power into Paido's poisoned body, breaking down the toxin by degrees. The treatment is slow and laborious, and it is dawn before you know for sure if your skill has saved his life.

Turn to 103.

Text copyright © 1987 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1987 Gary Chalk.