Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 19 | 139 | I View more quotes about responded">responded in kind, to taunt him. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 19 | 136 | "I can kill you," he said. |
| 19 | 137 | I supposed what he said was true, but it may have been a calculated remark, something to put the enemy off balance, like announcing an unseen mate in chess to provoke an opponent into making an unnecessary defensive move, causing him to lose the initiative. |
| 19 | 138 | That sort of thing would be effective only once with a given player, but in swordplay once would be sufficient. |
| 19 | 139 | I responded in kind, to taunt him. |
| 19 | 140 | "How is it that you can kill me if I do not turn my back?" I asked. |
| 19 | 141 | Somewhere within that inhumanly calm exterior there lay a vanity that must be vulnerable. |
| 19 | 142 | I remembered the incident of the crossbow and the tarn disk over the Vosk. |
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"I can kill you," he said.
I supposed what he said was true, but it may have been a calculated remark, something to put the enemy off balance, like announcing an unseen mate in chess to provoke an opponent into making an unnecessary defensive move, causing him to lose the initiative.
That sort of thing would be effective only once with a given player, but in swordplay once would be sufficient.
I responded in kind, to taunt him.
"How is it that you can kill me if I do not turn my back?" I asked.
Somewhere within that inhumanly calm exterior there lay a vanity that must be vulnerable.
I remembered the incident of the crossbow and the tarn disk over the Vosk.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)