Book 31. (1 results) Conspirators of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 48 | 116 | Their own View more quotes about bodies">bodies would be the shield of Agamemnon. |
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Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 48 | 113 | It seemed likely they hoped, in this projected coup, to dispose of Agamemnon quickly and then present themselves to a confused, leaderless community as bold, patriotic liberators. |
| 48 | 114 | In any event, several Kurii hurried to interpose themselves between the newcomers and the dais. |
| 48 | 115 | Snarling, unarmed, they confronted the newcomers. |
| 48 | 116 | Their own bodies would be the shield of Agamemnon. |
| 48 | 117 | The common Kur is fanatically loyal to his lord, unless his lord is thought to have failed him, in which case the bond of allegiance is regarded as dissolved. |
| 48 | 118 | This behavior, the loyalty to a chieftain, so to speak, had doubtless been selected for in millennia of Kur warfare, even prior to the development of sophisticated weaponry, which, as I understand it, exists on the steel worlds. |
| 48 | 119 | In seeing these Kurii, unarmed, interposing their own bodies between weapon assailants and a leader, I learned more of what a Kur might be, and often was. |
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It seemed likely they hoped, in this projected coup, to dispose of Agamemnon quickly and then present themselves to a confused, leaderless community as bold, patriotic liberators.
In any event, several Kurii hurried to interpose themselves between the newcomers and the dais.
Snarling, unarmed, they confronted the newcomers.
Their own bodies would be the shield of Agamemnon.
The common Kur is fanatically loyal to his lord, unless his lord is thought to have failed him, in which case the bond of allegiance is regarded as dissolved.
This behavior, the loyalty to a chieftain, so to speak, had doubtless been selected for in millennia of Kur warfare, even prior to the development of sophisticated weaponry, which, as I understand it, exists on the steel worlds.
In seeing these Kurii, unarmed, interposing their own bodies between weapon assailants and a leader, I learned more of what a Kur might be, and often was.
- (Conspirators of Gor)