Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 18 | 107 | View more quotes about perhaps">Perhaps I spoke as much for my own benefit as his. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 18 | 104 | These bulbs, invented more than a century ago by the Caste of Builders, produce a clear, soft light for years without replacement. |
| 18 | 105 | I mounted the tarn, who was visibly uneasy in this strange environment. |
| 18 | 106 | Without much success, by hand and voice, I tried to soothe the beast's apprehensions. |
| 18 | 107 | Perhaps I spoke as much for my own benefit as his. |
| 18 | 108 | The first time I hauled on the one-strap, the bird would not move; the second time he lifted into flight, almost immediately scraping the ceiling of the tunnel with his wings, protesting shrilly. |
| 18 | 109 | My helmet protected me as my head was roughly dragged against the granite of the ceiling. |
| 18 | 110 | Then, to my pleasure, instead of alighting, the tarn dropped a few feet down from the ceiling and began to streak through the tunnel, the energy bulbs flashing past me to form in my wake a gleaming chain of light. |
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These bulbs, invented more than a century ago by the Caste of Builders, produce a clear, soft light for years without replacement.
I mounted the tarn, who was visibly uneasy in this strange environment.
Without much success, by hand and voice, I tried to soothe the beast's apprehensions.
Perhaps I spoke as much for my own benefit as his.
The first time I hauled on the one-strap, the bird would not move; the second time he lifted into flight, almost immediately scraping the ceiling of the tunnel with his wings, protesting shrilly.
My helmet protected me as my head was roughly dragged against the granite of the ceiling.
Then, to my pleasure, instead of alighting, the tarn dropped a few feet down from the ceiling and began to streak through the tunnel, the energy bulbs flashing past me to form in my wake a gleaming chain of light.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)