Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 14 | 150 | He slashed View more quotes about downward">downward, and I slipped down one talon of the bird, which screamed and became unmanageable. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 14 | 147 | I swung myself up and began to climb one of the two ropes leading to the great bird above me. |
| 14 | 148 | In a few wild moments I had gained the saddle straps of the bird and hauled myself nearly to the weapon rings. |
| 14 | 149 | Then the tarnsman saw me and shouted in rage, drawing his sword. |
| 14 | 150 | He slashed downward, and I slipped down one talon of the bird, which screamed and became unmanageable. |
| 14 | 151 | Then, with one hand, while clinging to the talon, I loosened the girth straps. |
| 14 | 152 | In a moment, given the wild motion of the bird, the entire saddle, to which the tarnsman was fixed by the saddle straps, slid from the bird's back and flew wildly into the depths below. |
| 14 | 153 | I heard the scream of the tarnsman and then the sudden silence. |
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I swung myself up and began to climb one of the two ropes leading to the great bird above me.
In a few wild moments I had gained the saddle straps of the bird and hauled myself nearly to the weapon rings.
Then the tarnsman saw me and shouted in rage, drawing his sword.
He slashed downward, and I slipped down one talon of the bird, which screamed and became unmanageable.
Then, with one hand, while clinging to the talon, I loosened the girth straps.
In a moment, given the wild motion of the bird, the entire saddle, to which the tarnsman was fixed by the saddle straps, slid from the bird's back and flew wildly into the depths below.
I heard the scream of the tarnsman and then the sudden silence.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)