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| 61 | 263 | This contempt, on the other View more quotes about hand">hand, is not always justified, as Kurii have learned, in Torvaldsland, the Tahari, the jungles of the Ua, and elsewhere. |
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| 61 | 260 | Surtak now moved to his right, his eyes on the Kurii, and I, and the cloud of kajirae, behind that shield, running, would, in a moment, attain that precarious haven for which we strove, a refuge little superior, I feared, to none at all. |
| 61 | 261 | Surtak, of course, had left the vicinity of the stake, to cover the flight of the kajirae, which, of course, exposed the two humans, Drusus Andronicus and Kurik, my master, to attack, and Lord Grendel, as well, who had surrendered his ax to Surtak. |
| 61 | 262 | Kurii, a life form that tends to be large, agile, swift, fierce, and powerful, tend to be contemptuous of humans, which they commonly regard as an inferior life form. |
| 61 | 263 | This contempt, on the other hand, is not always justified, as Kurii have learned, in Torvaldsland, the Tahari, the jungles of the Ua, and elsewhere. |
| 61 | 264 | In any event, I cried out in misery as I saw a Kur, in the absence of Surtak, rush upon Drusus Andronicus, doubtless intent to sweep him aside and seize the slave, Paula, crouching behind him. |
| 61 | 265 | It reached, snarling, for Drusus Andronicus, and the sword of the latter, like a striking ost, swift, clean, and deep, almost invisible in its movement, penetrated that massive body, only to be instantly withdrawn, that it might be freed for another thrust. |
| 61 | 266 | But no other thrust was necessary. |