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It could well be that, in that brief moment, it was the first time the eyes of the Brigand Island had risen above the surface. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 56, Sentence #50)

It was clearly its intent to succor and retrieve goods and men, these scattered like detritus in the water. Suddenly, without warning, violently, like a massive, discharged, living quarrel, threatening the sky and clouds, the immense body of the Brigand Island hurtled upward, vertically, twisting, from the water. In that terrible moment I saw what few men had seen, even those accustomed to camp upon and inhabit living islands, the monster beneath the placid surface, hundreds of tentacle-like filaments, tiny eyes, and a sharp, hooklike beak. It could well be that, in that brief moment, it was the first time the eyes of the Brigand Island had risen above the surface. Then it returned to the water, falling, like a mountain, and the residue of this great splash descended like rain on the Dorna and Tesephone, and the closest of the five corsair ships. "The eyes!" said Sakim. "I would not care to be seen by such eyes". - (Avengers of Gor)