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'The corridor is dark and slick, so you move slowly. As you run your
$hand along the right side of the corridor, you feel a gap that must be
$another corridor. Creeping forward again, you see a red glow in
$the distance and hear a clicking sound.
'As you walk forward, you can see that the glow is advancing toward
$you. Finally, you see that the glow comes from a giant beetle.
'"I don't like bugs," mutters the halfling, "They're all creepy and
$crawly."
'"It's not so bad," you say. "That beetle's not much bigger than the
$ants. Sure, it has nasty pincers, but at least it's a fire beetle, one
$of the smallest of the giant beetles."
'"Thank goodness for small favors," the halfling says glumly. "Let's
$hope we don't meet any of its bigger brothers."
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'The beetle continues to scuttle down the passage toward you.
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31. If you choose to fight the beetle.
32. If you wish to avoid the beetle and take
7the passage to the right.
.ask 2
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