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It occurred to me that I might retreat, and return when the beasts had gone. - (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter 2, Sentence #127)

I might kill one larl, but then I should almost certainly die under the jaws of its mate. For some reason I did not fear death but felt only anger that these beasts might prevent me from keeping my rendezvous with the Priest-Kings of Gor. I wondered how many men might have turned back at this point, and I remembered the innumerable white, frozen bones on the cliffs below. It occurred to me that I might retreat, and return when the beasts had gone. It seemed possible they might not yet have discovered me. I smiled as I thought of the foolishness of this, for these beasts before me must be the larls of Priest-Kings, guardians of the stronghold of Gor's gods. I loosened my sword in its sheath and continued upwards. - (Priest-Kings of Gor)