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<section name="282">
<p>The shade's form glows more brightly. 'So be it, coward!'</p>
<p><difficulty ability="sanctity" level="15"/>.</p>
<p>
<success>
If you make the roll, the shade does not dare approach
you and you can depart in safety:
<goto section="260"/>.
</success>
<failure>
Otherwise, the shade drifts towards you and seizes your arm in a grip of ice. Your arm goes numb and you feel your very being begin to ebb. <lose ability="*" amount="1" fatal="t">Lose 1 point from each ability</lose>, permanently - if any falls to zero, then the spirit drain has proved fatal.
</failure>
</p>
<p>If you survive, <goto section="260"/>.</p>
</section>