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After all, according to the rude codes of Gor, I owed her nothing; indeed, considering her attempt on my life, which had been foiled only by the fortuitous net of Nar's web, I would have been within my rights to slay her, abandoning her body to the water lizards. - (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter 7, Sentence #56)

"I do not take orders from the daughter of the Ubar of Ar," I said. "You must take me with you," she said, eyes still downcast. "Why?" I asked. After all, according to the rude codes of Gor, I owed her nothing; indeed, considering her attempt on my life, which had been foiled only by the fortuitous net of Nar's web, I would have been within my rights to slay her, abandoning her body to the water lizards. Naturally, I was not looking at things from precisely the Gorean point of view, but she would have no way of knowing that. How could she know that I would not treat her as—according to the rough justice of Gor—she deserved? "You must protect me," she said. There was something of a pleading note in her voice. - (Tarnsman of Gor)