Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 297 | Scarring and ripping timber, snapping View more quotes about oars">oars, it scraped and scored its way toward me. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 294 | There was a grating, shearing noise and snapping oars. |
| 16 | 295 | I put out my hand and touched the strakes of the shuddering Spined Tharlarion. |
| 16 | 296 | I saw the shearing blade sliding toward me. |
| 16 | 297 | Scarring and ripping timber, snapping oars, it scraped and scored its way toward me. |
| 16 | 298 | I dove under the ship. |
| 16 | 299 | The greatest danger to a swimmer, incidentally, is not the blade itself, for its lower curve is usually at least a foot out of the water, and it is not difficult to avoid it. |
| 16 | 300 | Indeed, one may even go between the blade and the ship on which it is mounted, if one wishes. |
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There was a grating, shearing noise and snapping oars.
I put out my hand and touched the strakes of the shuddering Spined Tharlarion.
I saw the shearing blade sliding toward me.
Scarring and ripping timber, snapping oars, it scraped and scored its way toward me.
I dove under the ship.
The greatest danger to a swimmer, incidentally, is not the blade itself, for its lower curve is usually at least a foot out of the water, and it is not difficult to avoid it.
Indeed, one may even go between the blade and the ship on which it is mounted, if one wishes.
- (Guardsman of Gor)