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Would the cards not be marked, the dice weighted? Might a hand not surreptitiously move a piece, or insert another? And who is to say on what tiny matters, a sedative pellet scarcely visible, a sliver of iron in the foot, might hang the performance of even the mighty tharlarion? Too, to my dismay, I knew not which pieces were backed by which players. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 6, Sentence #33)

Too much was at stake. Well was I aware of the subtlety and deviousness of Priest-Kings, well was I aware of the determination and cunning of Kurii. I doubted that either might trust the other. Would the cards not be marked, the dice weighted? Might a hand not surreptitiously move a piece, or insert another? And who is to say on what tiny matters, a sedative pellet scarcely visible, a sliver of iron in the foot, might hang the performance of even the mighty tharlarion? Too, to my dismay, I knew not which pieces were backed by which players. Then I dismissed these arrant conjectures. How absurd to suspect that wars lurked behind wars. The tree, the rock, the sharpened blade are themselves. - (Rebels of Gor)