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Shortly thereafter a fellow entered, in simple robes, yellow, carrying an oval box which would contain, I supposed, bones and shells. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 20, Sentence #515)

"Our new guests, the noble Tajima and the noble Pertinax, must make ready to return to the encampment of tarns," said Lord Yamada, "to convey my felicitations and suggestions to their fellows, but I think it is only fitting, first, to see if there might be some word to be conveyed to the false shogun of the north, Temmu. Summon Tatsu, reader of bones and shells!" Ah, I thought to myself, what message will be revealed amongst the scattered bones and shells, to be carried by Tajima and Pertinax to the holding of Lord Temmu where, doubtless, it will be confirmed by the noble Daichi? I thought it would most likely have to do with the possible defection of the tarn cavalry, which might precipitate some unwary act on the part of a suspicious Lord Temmu, which might then incline it more readily toward the house of Yamada. Surely this seemed more likely than a new prattling about a mythical iron dragon, or such. Shortly thereafter a fellow entered, in simple robes, yellow, carrying an oval box which would contain, I supposed, bones and shells. This, I assumed was, Tatsu, Lord Yamada's reader. Lord Yamada, I was sure, placed no more confidence in the ceremonial litter of bones and shells than I, or Tajima, or Pertinax. Lord Temmu, on the other hand, was more than willing to attribute credit to such impostures. - (Rebels of Gor)