Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 783 | View more quotes about ship">Ship Kurii, still, then, did not know the extent to which the power of Priest-Kings remained crippled. |
| 1 | 784 | This was the major advantage which we now held. |
| 1 | 785 | Kurii, cautious, like sharks, did not wish to commit their full attack until assured of its success. |
| 1 | 786 | Had they known the weakness of the Sardar, and the time required to restore the power source, regenerating itself now at inexorable concentration rates determined by natural law, they would have surely launched their fleets. |
| 1 | 787 | Most, we conjectured, they feared a ruse, a display of pretended weakness that would lure an attack, then to be decimated. |
| 1 | 788 | Moreover, I knew there were factions among Kurii. |
| 1 | 789 | Doubtless they had individuals who were bolder, and those who were more cautious. |
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Ship Kurii, still, then, did not know the extent to which the power of Priest-Kings remained crippled.
This was the major advantage which we now held.
Kurii, cautious, like sharks, did not wish to commit their full attack until assured of its success.
Had they known the weakness of the Sardar, and the time required to restore the power source, regenerating itself now at inexorable concentration rates determined by natural law, they would have surely launched their fleets.
Most, we conjectured, they feared a ruse, a display of pretended weakness that would lure an attack, then to be decimated.
Moreover, I knew there were factions among Kurii.
Doubtless they had individuals who were bolder, and those who were more cautious.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)