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I noted, to my surprise, that the padding on the rings had been removed by attendants, and replaced with bladelike edges, used not in races but in exhibitions of daring riding, stunts in effect, in which riders appear to court death at the rings. - (Assassin of Gor, Chapter 22, Sentence #376)

He looked to me, and laughed. I readied myself for the sound of the judge's bar. The starting rope was strung before the tarns. I noted, to my surprise, that the padding on the rings had been removed by attendants, and replaced with bladelike edges, used not in races but in exhibitions of daring riding, stunts in effect, in which riders appear to court death at the rings. The crowd, all factions, cried out in protest at this. The riders, with the exception of myself and Menicius of Port Kar, looked from one to the other warily, puzzled. "Bring me," I said, to the crossbowman, standing at the foot of the perch, "from the belongings of Gladius of Cos, kept in the compound of the Steels, the bola of the Tuchuks, the kaiila rope, the southern quiva". - (Assassin of Gor)