Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 12 | 280 | It is not View more quotes about unknown">unknown for tabuk to graze in its presence, if it has alighted. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 12 | 277 | It is hard not to show fear in the presence of the tarn, but it is extremely dangerous to do so, for the tarn, as many animals, can sense fear, and this stimulates its aggression. |
| 12 | 278 | The fellow, of course, was not another bird, or a tabuk, or verr, but a different life form, the human, which is not an unknown form of prey for a tarn, but it is certainly not its customary prey. |
| 12 | 279 | Too, the tarn commonly attacks from the air. |
| 12 | 280 | It is not unknown for tabuk to graze in its presence, if it has alighted. |
| 12 | 281 | The fellow then embraced, as he could, its large head. |
| 12 | 282 | The bird's eyes gleamed, brightly, wickedly, but it did not pull away. |
| 12 | 283 | The fellow then began to groom the bird, smoothing its feathers. |
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It is hard not to show fear in the presence of the tarn, but it is extremely dangerous to do so, for the tarn, as many animals, can sense fear, and this stimulates its aggression.
The fellow, of course, was not another bird, or a tabuk, or verr, but a different life form, the human, which is not an unknown form of prey for a tarn, but it is certainly not its customary prey.
Too, the tarn commonly attacks from the air.
It is not unknown for tabuk to graze in its presence, if it has alighted.
The fellow then embraced, as he could, its large head.
The bird's eyes gleamed, brightly, wickedly, but it did not pull away.
The fellow then began to groom the bird, smoothing its feathers.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)