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I had little optimism, of course, even if the contest had been allowed to come to its conclusion, that a losing party would abide its outcome. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 61, Sentence #197)

There would be no shield against fire from the sky. Not even the high holding of Lord Temmu, citadel which had withstood a hundred sieges, over a thousand years, would be immune from foes who might companion themselves with clouds. I think few understood this ruling, other than myself, and perhaps Lord Nishida. I had little optimism, of course, even if the contest had been allowed to come to its conclusion, that a losing party would abide its outcome. It was hard to imagine Kurii ceasing to hunger for the green fields of Gor, and it was hard to imagine Priest-Kings voluntarily sharing their world, even its surface, with so aggressive, dangerous, and territorial a life form as the destroyer of a planet and the maker of steel worlds. "How long do you think this arrangement will last?" had asked Lord Nishida, over tea. "At least," I said, "until the interest of unseen others has turned aside". - (Rebels of Gor)