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<p>
Passing through a clump of woodland, you are put on your guard by a rustling in the undergrowth. A short man with a beard steps boldly out in front of you.
</p>
<p>
'Give up your equipment and gold, stranger. I have a dozen archers - crack shots to a man - hidden in the woods. Try to resist and you'll be skewered.'
</p>
<choices>
<choice section="395">Give up your equipment</choice>
<choice section="503">Try to take the man hostage</choice>
<choice section="162">Attack the bandit</choice>
</choices>
</section>