Book 9. (1 results) Marauders of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 147 | I View more quotes about followed">followed him, swiftly, tears in my eyes. |
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Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 144 | One such legend, quite naturally, might have been that Torvald, the great Torvald, was not truly dead, but only asleep, and would waken when once again his land had need of him. |
| 16 | 145 | "Wait!" I called to the Forkbeard. |
| 16 | 146 | But he had entered the chamber, torch high, moving quickly. |
| 16 | 147 | I followed him, swiftly, tears in my eyes. |
| 16 | 148 | When he looked down, torch lifted, upon the bones and fragile cloths of what had once been a hero, when the myth had been shattered, the crystal of its dream beneath the iron of reality, I wanted to stand near him. |
| 16 | 149 | I would not speak to him. |
| 16 | 150 | But I would stand behind him, and near him. |
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One such legend, quite naturally, might have been that Torvald, the great Torvald, was not truly dead, but only asleep, and would waken when once again his land had need of him.
"Wait!" I called to the Forkbeard.
But he had entered the chamber, torch high, moving quickly.
I followed him, swiftly, tears in my eyes.
When he looked down, torch lifted, upon the bones and fragile cloths of what had once been a hero, when the myth had been shattered, the crystal of its dream beneath the iron of reality, I wanted to stand near him.
I would not speak to him.
But I would stand behind him, and near him.
- (Marauders of Gor)