Book 2. (1 results) Outlaw of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 24 | 143 | View more quotes about tarns">Tarns, however, would not be too effective against the rebels in the city. |
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Book 2. (7 results) Outlaw of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 24 | 140 | We were within crossbow range. |
| 24 | 141 | I motioned to the others to remain back and, carrying a shield and spear in addition to my sword, approached the rampart. |
| 24 | 142 | On the roof of the palace beyond the double rampart I could occasionally see the head of a tarn and I heard their screams. |
| 24 | 143 | Tarns, however, would not be too effective against the rebels in the city. |
| 24 | 144 | Many of them had cut longbows and many of them were armed with the spears and crossbows of fallen warriors. |
| 24 | 145 | It would be risky business coming close enough to bring talons into play. |
| 24 | 146 | And should the warriors have attempted to use the tarns merely to fire down on the crowd, they would suddenly have found the streets deserted, until the shadow of the bird had passed and the rebels could move another hundred yards closer to the palace. |
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We were within crossbow range.
I motioned to the others to remain back and, carrying a shield and spear in addition to my sword, approached the rampart.
On the roof of the palace beyond the double rampart I could occasionally see the head of a tarn and I heard their screams.
Tarns, however, would not be too effective against the rebels in the city.
Many of them had cut longbows and many of them were armed with the spears and crossbows of fallen warriors.
It would be risky business coming close enough to bring talons into play.
And should the warriors have attempted to use the tarns merely to fire down on the crowd, they would suddenly have found the streets deserted, until the shadow of the bird had passed and the rebels could move another hundred yards closer to the palace.
- (Outlaw of Gor)