Book 21. (1 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 12 | 15 | The View more quotes about first">first object that moves is often that which attracts the immediate attention of the predator. |
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Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 12 | 12 | There were the remains of the fire. |
| 12 | 13 | I detected no movement in my immediate vicinity. |
| 12 | 14 | No longer now did I even hear the cry of the man. |
| 12 | 15 | The first object that moves is often that which attracts the immediate attention of the predator. |
| 12 | 16 | Too, the swiftest moving object, particularly that which moves silently, and with obvious menace or purpose, is often construed, and generally correctly, by the attacker as the most dangerous, that to be dealt with first. |
| 12 | 17 | Those overcome with surprise, those expostulating or cursing, those stunned, may be left for the instants later. |
| 12 | 18 | There is a dark mathematics in such matters, in the subtle equations balancing reaction times against the movements of blades. |
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There were the remains of the fire.
I detected no movement in my immediate vicinity.
No longer now did I even hear the cry of the man.
The first object that moves is often that which attracts the immediate attention of the predator.
Too, the swiftest moving object, particularly that which moves silently, and with obvious menace or purpose, is often construed, and generally correctly, by the attacker as the most dangerous, that to be dealt with first.
Those overcome with surprise, those expostulating or cursing, those stunned, may be left for the instants later.
There is a dark mathematics in such matters, in the subtle equations balancing reaction times against the movements of blades.
- (Mercenaries of Gor)