Book 23. (1 results) Renegades of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 15 | 545 | The View more quotes about second">second reason is more interesting. |
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Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 15 | 542 | "The first is that you feared that the high castes and the richer castes, such as the Merchants, might be less likely to be spared by the enemy, that they might be the subject of more resentment, perhaps because of envy, or perhaps that they would be particularly sought out for vengeance, on the supposition that they, presumably the more powerful castes in the city, might be most responsible for the prolongation of the siege. |
| 15 | 543 | You, on the other hand, by your disguise, so to speak, might hope to escape such a fate. |
| 15 | 544 | Cosians would see you, you hoped, not in terms of politics, but merely in terms of loot. |
| 15 | 545 | The second reason is more interesting. |
| 15 | 546 | You wanted to be seen in terms of something well worth hunting and capturing. |
| 15 | 547 | Thus the artful rags, apparently so inadvertently but excitingly, displaying your calves. |
| 15 | 548 | You did not wish to be brought down with a quarrel at a distance but to find yourself at close quarters with captors. |
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"The first is that you feared that the high castes and the richer castes, such as the Merchants, might be less likely to be spared by the enemy, that they might be the subject of more resentment, perhaps because of envy, or perhaps that they would be particularly sought out for vengeance, on the supposition that they, presumably the more powerful castes in the city, might be most responsible for the prolongation of the siege.
You, on the other hand, by your disguise, so to speak, might hope to escape such a fate.
Cosians would see you, you hoped, not in terms of politics, but merely in terms of loot.
The second reason is more interesting.
You wanted to be seen in terms of something well worth hunting and capturing.
Thus the artful rags, apparently so inadvertently but excitingly, displaying your calves.
You did not wish to be brought down with a quarrel at a distance but to find yourself at close quarters with captors.
- (Renegades of Gor)