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You retrieve the Ghilev mould from your pack and sprinkle it carefully over the slices of cold meat. Then you cover the meat with vegetables and carry the tray to the guards on duty at the Rune Hall. They prop their halberds against the wall and raise the visors of their helmets as you approach.
‘Where’s Gragov?’ asks a guard, as you set the tray of food down on a small table beside the door.
‘He’s gone sick,’ you reply.
‘I hope it wasn’t something he ate!’ jokes the other guard.
You can hear the guards eating their food as you walk back along the corridor towards the iron stairs. When you reach the bottom step, you wait here to allow the potion to take effect. After a few minutes you hear a metallic crash, and when you peer over the top step you see that the Ghilev has done its work. Both guards are now lying unconscious in front of the door.
