### 8

You gasp with pain as a solid lead ball clips your right thigh, an inch above the knee: lose 2 ENDURANCE points.

Using your Kai healing skills, you easily staunch the trickle of blood from your wounded leg and you are able to reach the welcoming darkness of the alleyway without slowing your pace. You have good reason to curse your ill fortune at having been hit at all by this shot, for Bor pistols are notoriously inaccurate, especially when fired from the saddle. However, you can draw some comfort from the fact that the other twelve pistol balls that were discharged at your back all missed you by a wide mark.

Turn to 77.