### 216

The causeway comes to an abrupt halt, its jagged edge overhanging a sprawling tangle of reeds, marsh thistles, and black moss. The pools of dark water are few, but the hazards are much greater than before.

‘Those patches,’ says Paido, pointing across the wild landscape, ‘are quicksands.’ You stare at myriad tan-coloured patches where the weeds do not grow.

If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Divination, turn to 142.

If you wish to cross this quicksand bog, turn to 21.

If you decide to return to the junction and take the west spur, turn to 175.