### 8

On the eighth tap, there is a loud click and the heavy steel door creaks slowly open.5 Ahead you see a ramp which slopes down to a junction where a passage crosses from left to right. You descend the slope, taking care not to graze Banedon’s back against the low ceiling, and when you reach the junction you ask your friend in which direction you should go. Unfortunately your question goes unanswered; Banedon has lapsed once more into unconsciousness.

You stand at the junction and use your Kai senses in an attempt to choose the safest route, but you detect nothing that can help or influence your decision. Both routes seem equally unwelcoming and perilous.

If you decide to turn left, turn to 271.

If you choose to go right, turn to 83.

#### Footnotes

[5] This section corresponds to the correct answer to the lock on the exit from the torture chamber of the Nadziranim in Section 220.