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In a matter of seconds the tunnel is sealed off by a solid wall of earth and broken rock. The air becomes clogged with dust and you have difficulty seeing and breathing, but miraculously you have survived the rockfall unscathed.

Carefully you struggle to your feet and, using your infravision, you attempt to locate Hulsta. It is difficult to see through the dirt-choked air and so you are forced to rely on your heat-vision in order to detect your guide. Quickly you discover his left hand protruding from beneath the mound of fallen debris and you rush over to it, but when you touch his cooling fingers you sense at once that your brave companion has not survived this disastrous cave-in.

Turn to 144.