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You scoop up the water with your hands, eager to feel the cool, fresh liquid against your skin. But instead of the expected refreshing sensation, you feel a revolting, jelly-like stickiness. The edges of the pool roll inwards, revealing an egg-like creature lurking in the hollow below. Suddenly a snaky tendril lashes upwards from a hole in its shell and wraps itself around your throat.

If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Psi-surge, turn to 74.

If you do not possess this skill, turn to 223.

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