Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 660 | I View more quotes about soon">soon realized that the bolts flighted from the crossbows had the mercenaries as targets, and not the women. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 657 | More than one mercenary had a crossbow bolt half through his brass-bound shield, formed of layers of bosk hide. |
| 3 | 658 | The crossbow, even the stirrup variety, loads slowly, and there is little danger from the quarrel if one need only defend oneself from a single direction. |
| 3 | 659 | Should the tarnsman dismount he fights evenly with his foe, and the more skilled warrior is most likely to survive. |
| 3 | 660 | I soon realized that the bolts flighted from the crossbows had the mercenaries as targets, and not the women. |
| 3 | 661 | I realized, again, a difference between ourselves and men. |
| 3 | 662 | We could be left for later, to be rounded up, like verr or kaiila, and roped at a victor's leisure. |
| 3 | 663 | We were not contestants; we were loot, prizes. |
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More than one mercenary had a crossbow bolt half through his brass-bound shield, formed of layers of bosk hide.
The crossbow, even the stirrup variety, loads slowly, and there is little danger from the quarrel if one need only defend oneself from a single direction.
Should the tarnsman dismount he fights evenly with his foe, and the more skilled warrior is most likely to survive.
I soon realized that the bolts flighted from the crossbows had the mercenaries as targets, and not the women.
I realized, again, a difference between ourselves and men.
We could be left for later, to be rounded up, like verr or kaiila, and roped at a victor's leisure.
We were not contestants; we were loot, prizes.
- (Mariners of Gor)