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What an admirable target would have been the white kimono on the observation platform! To be sure, it would have been a difficult target from tarnback, with the short bow, for one of my men, given the distance. - (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter 16, Sentence #203)

The missile, of course, as it closes its own wound, does not produce blood in the same way that a wound opened by a knife, or blade or some sort, would. The blood flows when the missile is withdrawn. One of the Pani, a wound dresser, crouched over the fallen figure. What an admirable target would have been the white kimono on the observation platform! To be sure, it would have been a difficult target from tarnback, with the short bow, for one of my men, given the distance. It would have been a much more likely target for a stationary archer, armed with the peasant bow. But even then it would not have been a sure kill, across much of the plaza of training. I heard a cry of misery from the platform, and the wound dresser stood up, the bloodied arrow in his grasp, held with two hands. - (Swordsmen of Gor)