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But could this have been the case if Cosian forces had earlier entered the delta, in great numbers, to flee the vengeance of Ar? Would they themselves not have taken such craft, or destroyed them, as they could? Where do you think the sympathies of those in Turmus and Ven lie, with Ar, or Cos? Is it not clear to you that these craft were gathered together, or prepared, for those of Ar, that the craft are almost uniformly in wretched condition, that the wood is old, the planks split, the hulls weakened, perhaps even caulking dug out, or replaced with mud and tar? In many of the rence craft the rence is already half rotted. - (Vagabonds of Gor, Chapter 12, Sentence #156)

It is for such a reason that Ar remained inactive in the winter. It is for such a reason that her major land forces came north with the Cosians at Torcadino. Now Ar has been lured into the delta! It is no mystery, I tell you, or stroke of unaccountable fortune, that hundreds of craft, of various sorts, were available in Turmus and Ven for the delta expedition. But could this have been the case if Cosian forces had earlier entered the delta, in great numbers, to flee the vengeance of Ar? Would they themselves not have taken such craft, or destroyed them, as they could? Where do you think the sympathies of those in Turmus and Ven lie, with Ar, or Cos? Is it not clear to you that these craft were gathered together, or prepared, for those of Ar, that the craft are almost uniformly in wretched condition, that the wood is old, the planks split, the hulls weakened, perhaps even caulking dug out, or replaced with mud and tar? In many of the rence craft the rence is already half rotted. I do not think that Cos is even in the delta! Surely any intelligent officer must have considered these possibilities! I submit for your consideration that your officer, Saphronicus, himself, is not in the delta!" "No," she said. "Saphronicus is not in the delta". "You know that?" I said. - (Vagabonds of Gor)