When it had seen me fall it had apparently taken flight.
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Now, I thought, it would be free, escaping at last to some rude habitat where it might, without saddle and harness, without a silver hobble, reign as the Ubar of the Skies that it was.
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Its departure saddened me, but I was glad that it had escaped.
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Better that than to die under the spear of one of the warriors.
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Thorn seized me by the wrist shackles and dragged me across the top of the pillar to one of the three tarns that waited.
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I was helpless.
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My legs and arms could not have been more useless if every nerve in them had been cut by a knife.
When it had seen me fall it had apparently taken flight.
Now, I thought, it would be free, escaping at last to some rude habitat where it might, without saddle and harness, without a silver hobble, reign as the Ubar of the Skies that it was.
Its departure saddened me, but I was glad that it had escaped.
Better that than to die under the spear of one of the warriors.
Thorn seized me by the wrist shackles and dragged me across the top of the pillar to one of the three tarns that waited.
I was helpless.
My legs and arms could not have been more useless if every nerve in them had been cut by a knife.
- (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter )