232

You watch carefully as the group draws closer, noticing several things that make you feel uneasy. The dogs look much larger than ordinary Alsatians, and flecks of white foam drip from their mouths as they tug and snap repeatedly at their heavy chain leashes. By contrast, the two handlers appear painfully thin and gaunt, the skin on their faces unnaturally pale despite the burning desert sun.

Rather than await their arrival, you decide to return to your roadster and leave, but you have taken barely a dozen steps towards your car when the dogs emit blood-curdling howls and come racing across the rocky ground towards you.

If you possess enough food for three Meals, turn to 133.

If you do not possess this much food, turn to 322.