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He might intellectually recognize that he must slay but perhaps he simply could not have pressed the firing switch of the silver tube. - (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter 28, Sentence #239)

To lie on one's back is to feel exposed and vulnerable, helpless, and the nervousness we would feel in such a posture is undoubtedly due as much to ancient instinct as to rational awareness. On the other hand, since Misk did not construct the craft large enough for him to stand in, I suspect he did not really wish to take part in its adventures. To be sure, a smaller dome would make the craft more maneuverable in the tunnels, but I think Misk did not trust himself to do battle with his former brethren. He might intellectually recognize that he must slay but perhaps he simply could not have pressed the firing switch of the silver tube. Unfortunately Sarm's cohorts, and perhaps fortunately, most of Misk's, did not suffer from this perilous inhibition. To be so inhibited among a field of foes, none of whom suffered from the same inhibition, seemed to me a good way to get one's head burned off. When we had constructed the ship we felt that now we had what might prove to be, in this strange subterranean war, the decisive weapon. - (Priest-Kings of Gor)