Book 32. (1 results) Smugglers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 25 | 352 | A flaw, or virtue, of the View more quotes about sleen">sleen as a hunter is its single-mindedness. |
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Book 32. (7 results) Smugglers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 25 | 349 | Its body literally rubbed against my leg as it snaked past me, and it continued on its way. |
| 25 | 350 | I knew little about sleen, but I did know it was the planet's most adept, reliable, tenacious tracker. |
| 25 | 351 | That is why they are often used in hunting. |
| 25 | 352 | A flaw, or virtue, of the sleen as a hunter is its single-mindedness. |
| 25 | 353 | As a flaw, once fastened on a scent, and committed to it, it will ignore better, easier game for less desirable, more-difficult-to-obtain game; on the other hand, once committed to a scent, it is likely to pursue it relentlessly, which, if one is after a particular quarry, might be, I suppose, accounted a virtue. |
| 25 | 354 | As noted, the sleen, in the wild, is predominantly nocturnal, usually emerging from its burrow at dusk, and returning to it in the early morning. |
| 25 | 355 | The sleen, I gathered, was pursuing the tabuk, and, accordingly, I had been to it no more than an unexpected distraction. |
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Its body literally rubbed against my leg as it snaked past me, and it continued on its way.
I knew little about sleen, but I did know it was the planet's most adept, reliable, tenacious tracker.
That is why they are often used in hunting.
A flaw, or virtue, of the sleen as a hunter is its single-mindedness.
As a flaw, once fastened on a scent, and committed to it, it will ignore better, easier game for less desirable, more-difficult-to-obtain game; on the other hand, once committed to a scent, it is likely to pursue it relentlessly, which, if one is after a particular quarry, might be, I suppose, accounted a virtue.
As noted, the sleen, in the wild, is predominantly nocturnal, usually emerging from its burrow at dusk, and returning to it in the early morning.
The sleen, I gathered, was pursuing the tabuk, and, accordingly, I had been to it no more than an unexpected distraction.
- (Smugglers of Gor)