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Suddenly you look up, and for the first time you notice several squat shapes perched on top of the limestone columns nearby. ‘Quoku,’ whispers Shan. ‘I thought they were a myth.’

The Quoku stare with unblinking, bulbous eyes. Like giant toads, their mottled, green skin is covered with ridges and warts, and their pale throats expand like bubbles as they emit their sonorous croaking call.

If you wish to try to slip past the Quoku without disturbing them, turn to 186.

If you wish to attack the Quoku perched on the column nearest to you, turn to 111.

If you wish to make a run for it, turn to 86.