Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 43 | 86 | He then backed away, View more quotes about eyes">eyes wide. |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 43 | 83 | At the same time I was peripherally aware that the third man had drawn his sword and was rushing toward me. |
| 43 | 84 | I had expected him to run, which would have been his best option, in which case I would pursue him for a pace or two and launch my sword with an overhand hilt cast, hoping, if all went well, to penetrate his back below the left shoulder blade, after which one would hope to draw out the sword, turn the body, and plunge it in again. |
| 43 | 85 | As it was, my blade, so lightly engaged in my earlier stroke, leapt up and easily parried the savage downward stroke of the mercenary's blade, a fierce, heavy, frenzied stroke which might have cut away the head of a saddle tharlarion. |
| 43 | 86 | He then backed away, eyes wide. |
| 43 | 87 | I suspected he knew what was soon to ensue. |
| 43 | 88 | "You had your stroke," I said. |
| 43 | 89 | "You should have run". |
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At the same time I was peripherally aware that the third man had drawn his sword and was rushing toward me.
I had expected him to run, which would have been his best option, in which case I would pursue him for a pace or two and launch my sword with an overhand hilt cast, hoping, if all went well, to penetrate his back below the left shoulder blade, after which one would hope to draw out the sword, turn the body, and plunge it in again.
As it was, my blade, so lightly engaged in my earlier stroke, leapt up and easily parried the savage downward stroke of the mercenary's blade, a fierce, heavy, frenzied stroke which might have cut away the head of a saddle tharlarion.
He then backed away, eyes wide.
I suspected he knew what was soon to ensue.
"You had your stroke," I said.
"You should have run".
- (Avengers of Gor)