Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 8 | 70 | The cleaning is important for the precision and clarity of the View more quotes about next">next marking. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 8 | 67 | It takes time to bring an iron to branding heat and the iron, of course, its head sinking and searing, burning, into the girl's flesh, marking her, loses heat rapidly. |
| 8 | 68 | A given iron, accordingly, must be reheated before being reapplied. |
| 8 | 69 | This situation is further complicated by the fact that the iron, normally, is cleaned following each application, a procedure which further reduces its heat. |
| 8 | 70 | The cleaning is important for the precision and clarity of the next marking. |
| 8 | 71 | Thus, in effect, each girl is marked with a new, fresh iron. |
| 8 | 72 | The most common brand site in a Gorean slave girl is the outer side of the left thigh, closely beneath the hip. |
| 8 | 73 | In this brand site the identificatory mark is thus placed high enough to be covered by the brief cloth of a common slave tunic and is available for convenient and immediate inspection if the tunic is lifted. |
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It takes time to bring an iron to branding heat and the iron, of course, its head sinking and searing, burning, into the girl's flesh, marking her, loses heat rapidly.
A given iron, accordingly, must be reheated before being reapplied.
This situation is further complicated by the fact that the iron, normally, is cleaned following each application, a procedure which further reduces its heat.
The cleaning is important for the precision and clarity of the next marking.
Thus, in effect, each girl is marked with a new, fresh iron.
The most common brand site in a Gorean slave girl is the outer side of the left thigh, closely beneath the hip.
In this brand site the identificatory mark is thus placed high enough to be covered by the brief cloth of a common slave tunic and is available for convenient and immediate inspection if the tunic is lifted.
- (Savages of Gor)