The charge of the Tuchuk, in spite of its rapidity and momentum, carried him no more than four paces beyond me.
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It seemed scarcely had he passed than the kaiila had wheeled and charged again, this time given free rein, that it might tear at me with its fangs.
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I thrust with the spear, trying to force back the snapping jaws of the screaming animal.
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The kaiila struck, and then withdrew, and then struck again.
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All the time the Tuchuk thrust at me with his lance.
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Four times the point struck me drawing blood, but he did not have the weight of the leaping animal behind his thrust; he thrust at arm's length, the point scarcely reaching me.
I had no wish to kill the Tuchuk.
The charge of the Tuchuk, in spite of its rapidity and momentum, carried him no more than four paces beyond me.
It seemed scarcely had he passed than the kaiila had wheeled and charged again, this time given free rein, that it might tear at me with its fangs.
I thrust with the spear, trying to force back the snapping jaws of the screaming animal.
The kaiila struck, and then withdrew, and then struck again.
All the time the Tuchuk thrust at me with his lance.
Four times the point struck me drawing blood, but he did not have the weight of the leaping animal behind his thrust; he thrust at arm's length, the point scarcely reaching me.
- (Nomads of Gor, Chapter )