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You walk ahead, still unsure of the correct direction. You feel as if you are wandering aimlessly around the sheer crags of rock, with their crowns of stony spires that give no clues to your whereabouts. An hour passes before a familiar sound greets your ears. It is the faint murmur of the waters of the Azan River. You spot a Yaku plant, and then another; then Shan gives a snort of disgust. ‘That rock over there,’ he says, indicating a large overhanging shelf; ‘I recognize it. On the other side of that rock is the river bank. We’re back where we started!’

Dismayed, you realize that he is right. This is the place where you first left the Azan River to avoid the Yaku plants.

If you wish to leave the bank of the river once more and head east, back towards the ‘Dragon’s Teeth’, before turning south, turn to 303.

If you would prefer to give up and take your chances with the thick undergrowth of Yaku plants along the river’s edge, turn to 104.