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Suddenly, a door bursts open behind you and instinctively you spin around to face the threat. As you turn, you see that the door was concealed by a bookcase. Now it is wide open, and standing before it is the bearded man with a pistol clamped firmly in both hands. Purely in reflex you raise your gun, but the man fires before you can bring it to bear. His bullet grazes your wrist (lose 3 ENDURANCE points) and sends your weapon spinning from your grasp.
Instantly Knott moves to retaliate but the smoking pistol is now aimed at his face.
‘Drop it,’ growls the stranger, and reluctantly Knott obeys his command.
