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You unhook a flask of water attached to Paido's belt, tip your healing potion into it and shake it vigorously. Carefully you tilt back Paido's head and pour the mixture into his mouth, a drop at a time: in his comatose state he is unable to cough and it would be easy to fill his lungs by accident. It is a slow and painstaking process, which takes hours to complete.

It is dawn of the following day before you know for sure if you have saved his life.

Turn to 103.

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