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A few minutes later you see two Giaks coming down the corridor, both carrying wooden buckets filled with sand. Hesitantly they push open the door, tip the sand haphazardly over the smouldering remains of the fire, and then turn and scurry away.

For a while there is a hubbub of activity in the hallway as the guards and the Giaks speculate at length about the cause of the fire. While you are waiting for things to calm down, you must eat a Meal or lose 3 ENDURANCE points (unless you possess Grand Huntmastery).

Your first plan having failed, you decide instead to exercise your Kai skills of persuasion, aided by the use of the discarded Drakkarim uniform.

Turn to 70.