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The staple in the Twelve Islands, which is actually far more than twelve, is not Sa-Tarna, but rice. - (Mariners of Gor, Chapter 26, Sentence #97)

This innocent ignorance was not without its consequences, of course, and the girls were often subjected to castigation, scorn, kicks, slappings, and the stroke of the bamboo switch. Happily, I learned, Saru, the slave given by Lord Nishida to Lord Temmu, and the ten slaves given by Lord Okimoto to Lord Temmu, were more patiently and gently treated. One is not entitled to assume that a fair-skinned slave from abroard, one from a far different culture, is going to know what might be expected of her, the proper serving, for example, of sake, the appropriate temperature, and such. The staple in the Twelve Islands, which is actually far more than twelve, is not Sa-Tarna, but rice. Rice fields, or paddies, are associated with each village. A daimyo or shogun will have suzerainty over various villages, which he protects, and from which he obtains the means to maintain his men. He who controls the rice, it is said, controls the islands. - (Mariners of Gor)