Your sword easily pierces the thin outer casing of the giant spore ball.  A thick brown cloud of spores bursts out of the ball and envelops you.  Some of the spores stick to your skin and start to itch terribly.  Great lumps come up on your face and arms, and your skin feels as if it is on fire.<br/><br/><em>You lose 2 Stamina points, reducing your total to 19.</em><br/><br/>Frantically scratching your itching lumps, you step over the now deflated spore ball and head east.<br/><br/>The tunnel makes a sudden turn to the left and heads north for as far as you can see.  The footprints you are following start to peter out as the tunnel gradually becomes drier.  Soon you are beyond the dripping roof and the pools on the floor.  You notice the air becoming hotter and you find yourself panting even though you are walking quite slowly.  In a small recess on the left-hand wall you see a section of bamboo standing on its end.  Lifting it down, you see it is filled with a clear liquid.  Your throat is painfully dry and you feel a little dizzy from the heat in the tunnel.<br/><br/><em>Your choices are to drink the liquid, or to continue north without drinking the liquid.</em>