Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 163 | View more quotes about both">Both my tarn and that of the attacker withdrew as if by instinct from the flash of the goad, and I had inadvertently purchased a moment of time. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 160 | I turned, raising the tarn-goad, which was looped to my wrist, to ward off the stroke of his blade. |
| 5 | 161 | Sword and tarn-goad met in a ringing clash and a shower of glittering yellow sparks. |
| 5 | 162 | Somehow I must have turned the goad on. |
| 5 | 163 | Both my tarn and that of the attacker withdrew as if by instinct from the flash of the goad, and I had inadvertently purchased a moment of time. |
| 5 | 164 | I unslung my longbow and fitted an arrow, yanking my tarn in an abrupt wing-shuddering arc. |
| 5 | 165 | I think the first of my pursuers had not realized I would turn the bird. |
| 5 | 166 | He had been expecting a chase. |
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I turned, raising the tarn-goad, which was looped to my wrist, to ward off the stroke of his blade.
Sword and tarn-goad met in a ringing clash and a shower of glittering yellow sparks.
Somehow I must have turned the goad on.
Both my tarn and that of the attacker withdrew as if by instinct from the flash of the goad, and I had inadvertently purchased a moment of time.
I unslung my longbow and fitted an arrow, yanking my tarn in an abrupt wing-shuddering arc.
I think the first of my pursuers had not realized I would turn the bird.
He had been expecting a chase.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)