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I had learned his scent was on me, and I was sure I might be followed, in the darkness, as easily as by a sleen. - (Conspirators of Gor, Chapter 15, Sentence #6)

There were not many guardsmen about, after curfew, but this was the second pair I had encountered, on the way to the market of Cestias. "I will not speak what I saw," I had said to the beast in the domicile. "I know you will not," he had said. I had learned his scent was on me, and I was sure I might be followed, in the darkness, as easily as by a sleen. Too, I had little doubt that my slightest footfall might be marked by the hearing of the beast. I feared he wanted me to proceed some distance from the shop of Epicrates, and then, when I was far enough away, away from the neighborhood of the shop, he might appear from the side, about a corner, or drop down beside me, from a roof, and, before I could cry out, bite through the back of my neck. I supposed, were I clever enough, I would have remained in the doorway of the shop of Epicrates, forcing him to kill me on the premises, or to refrain from doing so, for the proximity to his own domicile. - (Conspirators of Gor)