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| 13 | 874 | I was thrown one way and the other, violently, View more quotes about helplessly">helplessly. |
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| 13 | 871 | Then the tarns swooped together again, side by side, saddle to saddle, while blades flashed over my head, in a swift dialogue of steel, debating my possession. |
| 13 | 872 | I screamed. |
| 13 | 873 | The tarns then, rearing up in the sky, facing one another, began to tear at one another with their beaks and talons, and then, talons locked, they began, beaks snapping and tearing, to twist and roll, turning, locked together, falling, climbing, tumbling, wings beating, screaming in rage. |
| 13 | 874 | I was thrown one way and the other, violently, helplessly. |
| 13 | 875 | Sometimes it seemed I was standing as the tarn would veer, or hanging head downwards as it would veer, turning wildly, in another direction. |
| 13 | 876 | When it spun onto its back, tearing upwards at its foe, I hung stomach downwards, my full weight on the lashings, seeing in terror the earth hundreds of feet below. |
| 13 | 877 | The men fought to regain control of their mounts. |