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Might not the pause to reflect prove upon occasion to be a lethal error, the undoing of a combatant, a hesitation that might prove mortal in its consequences? The time when fangs lunge for the throat is not a time for reflection. - (Plunder of Gor, Chapter 53, Sentence #134)

If I should lose an arm or leg, or have my head torn off, I would not expect to be greatly comforted by the thought that Lyris might later regret her hasty act. It was my impression that the behavior of Kurii might be difficult to anticipate, at least for humans, as that of many other aggressive, predatory animals. How did I know what the dark selections of nature might have favored in the history of the Kur species? Indeed, it is not clear that it is rational to be rational in all situations. Might not the pause to reflect prove upon occasion to be a lethal error, the undoing of a combatant, a hesitation that might prove mortal in its consequences? The time when fangs lunge for the throat is not a time for reflection. It is a time for reflexive defense. Sometimes he who acts first is also he who acts last, as the other at that point is unable to act at all, lying in his own blood. In any event, it was clear to me that Kurii might, prompted by a sudden frustration or rage, act without reflection. - (Plunder of Gor)