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"A cultural oddity," said Sarm, "which I understand perfectly but find slightly preposterous". - (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter 18, Sentence #93)

"The analogy, of course," said Sarm, "is incorrect, for there is no Home Stone as such in the Nest of Priest-Kings, the Home Stone being a barbarous artifact generally common to the cities and homes of Gorean humans". I was somewhat annoyed to find the Home Stones, taken so seriously in the cities of Gor that a man might be slain if he did not rise when speaking of the Home Stone of his city, so airily dismissed by the lofty Sarm. "You find it hard to understand the love of a man for his Home Stone," I said. "A cultural oddity," said Sarm, "which I understand perfectly but find slightly preposterous". "You have nothing like the Home Stone in the Nest?" I asked. "Of course not," said Sarm. I noticed an involuntary, almost spasmlike twitch of the tips of the forelegs, but the bladed projections did not emerge. - (Priest-Kings of Gor)