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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.