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Sakim

Book 36. (415 results) Avengers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
51	89	"You see, Captain," said Sakim, "so much now for Sakim the delusional, Sakim the mad, Sakim the liar, Sakim the fraud".	10
6	19	"His name is Sakim," said Thurnock.	10
16	314	"Do you remember Sakim, the drunken, distraught mariner, he from the tavern of Glaukos, he so mocked, he of the wild stories?" asked Thurnock.	10
18	44	"Sakim, the mariner," I said.	10
18	45	"Sakim," he said, "the worthless, the failed, the beggar of paga, the braggart, the liar".	10
18	87	"These were the waters where it occurred," had said the mariner, Sakim.	10
18	89	"I have seen it," Sakim had said.	10
18	115	Sakim looked out over the bow rail, smiled, and shrugged.	10
18	155	"No," said Sakim, "mostly in the fields, outside the walls, and, if the town has no walls, like Pylos, and Naxos, outside the pomerium.	10
18	158	"Leaving tracks of mud, refuse, and debris," said Sakim.	10
18	160	"Thousands come, in hundreds of crowded ships and small boats, from throughout the islands," said Sakim, "and then they are gone".	10
18	163	"I expect that you will enjoy the fair," said Sakim, "and that your men will enjoy it, as well, even if they are not interested in prize verr and tarsks.	10
18	166	"Not really," said Sakim.	10
18	169	"Secret guardsmen," said Sakim.	10
18	172	"This year," said Sakim, "Nicomachos, Admiral of the Fleet of the Farther Islands, is expected to be in attendance".	10
18	174	"What is wrong?" asked Sakim.	10
18	176	"Perhaps he is representing Archelaos, governor of Thera?" "I do not think so," said Sakim.	10
18	180	"Some," said Sakim.	10
18	183	"I do not think so," said Sakim.	10
18	192	At the sound of a woman's cry, startled, and laughing, from the rowing deck, Sakim and I turned back from the bow.	10
18	195	"She is pretty," said Sakim.	10
18	197	"I have seen her," said Sakim, "when not working, wandering about the ship.	10
18	200	"Are you taking her to Mytilene to sell her?" asked Sakim.	10
18	202	"A silver tarsk, easily," said Sakim.	10
18	204	"Then not so much," said Sakim.	10
18	221	Sakim was white, grasping the rail.	10
18	233	We are not here!" "There," whispered Sakim, pointing.	10
18	236	"What now, Captain?" asked Sakim, his hands clenched on the rail.	10
22	14	"Have they gone?" asked Sakim, sitting up.	10
22	83	"I think so," said Sakim, "and I think it may soon weigh anchor".	10
22	88	"They spoke softly," said Sakim.	10
22	94	"But," said Sakim, "what if three ships, round ships of Brundisium, splendid ships with rich cargos, leave the harbor unexpectedly early, to elude pirates.	10
22	97	"I heard about the three ships independently, earlier," said Sakim.	10
22	100	"It is possible," said Sakim, "but I do not know.	10
22	102	"What if," I said, "one could seize the early departures, and return in time to cast a new net?" "There may be other early departures," said Sakim, "motivated by similar considerations".	10
22	104	"Have you heard other news of possible interest?" "There was a meeting of peasants outside the fairgrounds," said Sakim, "which was disrupted and ended by guardsmen".	10
22	106	"And our Aktis, one of our oarsmen, is the subject of a search by guardsmen," said Sakim, "that having to do with the possession of a forbidden weapon".	10
22	110	"Good," said Sakim.	10
22	113	"I gather that it would not to do to carry such bows about at the fair," smiled Sakim.	10
22	116	Is there any other news you might wish to impart?" "There are always strange things, puzzles, anomalies, little things to wonder about," said Sakim, "but I think there is nothing else of much interest".	10
22	120	"Managed by the Three Ubaras," said Sakim.	10
22	126	"You know the reputation of The House of the Golden Urt in Sybaris?" said Sakim.	10
22	129	"It is even worse here, in The Gambling Tent of the Golden Urt," said Sakim.	10
22	132	"Trickery, even when palpable, even when the scent is strong," said Sakim, "is difficult to prove".	10
22	138	"In The Gambling Tent of the Golden Urt," said Sakim, "business flourished for them, pouches and wallets of coins were lavished on the games".	10
22	141	"And why would our 'Three Ubaras' seal their tent, turning their presumably lovely backs on such a rain of wealth?" "I do not know," said Sakim.	10
22	143	"I do not understand," said Sakim.	10
22	146	"Captain?" asked Sakim.	10
22	149	"I do not know when they will leave," said Sakim.	10
22	152	"They would overtake the merchantmen at sea," said Sakim.	10
22	154	"How could they be delayed?" asked Sakim.	10
22	156	"I do not understand this," said Sakim.	10
22	158	"I do not understand," said Sakim.	10
23	8	"At least," said Sakim, "we have managed to discomfit and annoy the enemy".	10
23	42	"He wears peasant brown," said Sakim.	10
24	14	"Clearly they are subsidized," said Sakim.	10
24	16	"One does not know," said Sakim.	10
26	19	"You know your course, do you not?" asked Sakim, next to me on the stern deck.	10
26	22	"The Tesephone is light, swift, and shallow-drafted," said Sakim.	10
26	24	"I fear they are finding the range," said Sakim.	10
26	44	"Steady, helms," I said, "two points more!" "The corsair gains," said Sakim.	10
26	47	"Sakim," I said, "bring me, quickly, a marked gambling stone".	10
26	61	"Captain?" said Sakim.	10
26	70	"I thought," said Sakim, "you would call to the left".	10
26	80	"They are out of ammunition," said Sakim.	10
26	87	"The impact," said Sakim, "would have been square and devastating".	10
26	89	"The enemy," said Sakim, "guessed wrong".	10
26	92	"We are out of range," said Sakim.	10
26	94	"It was a fast ship," said Sakim.	10
26	98	"I shall inform Thurnock and the others," said Sakim.	10
26	107	"Captain," said Sakim.	10
26	109	"You know the waters you have just plied?" said Sakim.	10
26	134	"It does exist," said Sakim.	10
26	139	"I did see it," said Sakim.	10
26	141	"Tricks of light, configurations of waves, surfacing sea sleen, tricks of the atmosphere, shapes detected in fog?" said Sakim.	10
26	143	"In any event," said Sakim, "certain waters, feared waters, waters often avoided and seldom crossed, are now behind us".	10
33	69	"You cannot do so," said Sakim.	10
33	123	"If well led," said Sakim.	10
34	23	"Let them not march inland," said Sakim.	10
34	28	"I fear," said Sakim, "that they will choose to march inland in force".	10
34	30	"Why not?" asked Sakim.	10
35	9	"And would surely have been determined had the corsairs marched inland," said Sakim.	10
35	16	"Such things are clear in the Second Knowledge," said Sakim, who had once been a captain.	10
35	18	"How can there be a Second Knowledge?" "Many who are limited to the First Knowledge," said Sakim, "do not even know there is a Second Knowledge".	10
35	27	"Our spies in Sybaris," said Sakim, "report widescale defection amongst the corsairs.	10
35	46	"Cos will not be pleased," said Sakim.	10
35	57	"I have been in touch with Seleukos, here on Thera, as you requested," said Sakim.	10
35	67	"Not so easy," said Sakim.	10
35	70	"Their foreheads were branded, on the recommendation of Seleukos," said Sakim, "and they were subsequently put ashore".	10
35	72	"Most never did," said Sakim.	10
35	74	"In many cases," said Sakim, "they have already done so".	10
35	76	"That is true," said Sakim.	10
35	85	"Not only moving, but, I gather, moving rapidly," said Sakim.	10
35	87	"The islands are commonly guided by, and moved by, gentle means," said Sakim, "say, noise, which it finds aversive, light taps on its body, a soft thrusting against its bulk, and such".	10
35	89	"It can take a day to move a living island a pasang," said Sakim.	10
35	90	"How then could the brigand island, if that is what it is, an island manned by brigands, move so quickly?" "By the application of means less gentle," said Sakim, "gouging, wounding, exacerbating wounds, applying hot irons, torches, and such".	10
35	117	"That seems clear," said Sakim.	10
35	121	"May I speculate?" asked Sakim.	10
35	123	"I think," said Sakim, "its utility is best seen as fourfold.	10
35	150	"This had nothing to do with the Ubar," said Sakim.	10
35	152	"The town would not be on Thera," said Sakim.	10
35	153	"Presumably it would have to be a small town," I said, "but one prosperous—and perhaps one expected to be soon enriched?" "As by a fair," said Sakim.	10
35	155	"I fear so," said Sakim.	10
35	157	"That," said Sakim, "is where the Brigand Island, as we have spoken of it, becomes relevant.	10
35	182	"They would lose prizes," said Sakim.	10
35	192	"Do you think that Mytilene is in danger?" I asked Sakim.	10
35	193	"I fear so," said Sakim.	10
36	224	This sort of thing meshed with Sakim's speculations.	10
48	159	"Tab and Sakim will be ready," said Clitus.	10
48	203	"Then, after dark, we will join Tab and Sakim at the Dorna and Tesephone".	10
49	1	The Beach; A Rendezvous is Not Kept; Tab and Sakim Return; The Horizon is Clear I closed the panel of the dark lantern.	10
49	46	"Captains Tab and Sakim would not desert us," said Clitus.	10
49	53	"Where then are Captains Tab and Sakim, where the Dorna and the Tesephone?" asked a man.	10
49	71	"As Tab and Sakim left no message of any sort to explain their departure, we may infer that the appearance of the corsair fleet was sudden and unexpected, perhaps emerging from darkness in the vicinity of dawn, a situation calling for instant action, getting the Dorna and Tesephone to sea before an ...	10
49	97	"But what then of our project, our purpose and mission," said Clitus, "stopping the depredations of corsairs burning, slaughtering, and looting in the name of Bosk of Port Kar?" "I think that Tab and Sakim will return," I said.	10
49	133	Tab, who had captained the Dorna, and Sakim, who was captaining the Tesephone, soon joined us.	10
49	143	"Report," I said to Tab and Sakim.	10
49	146	"But," said Sakim, "no effort was made to hinder our escape, nor to follow us.	10
49	149	"Surely we could easily have rowed on, saving ourselves," said Sakim.	10
49	151	"How could they have known that?" asked Sakim.	10
49	154	"I was terrified, and seized with a desire to flee, even be it across the waters of the hith," said Sakim.	10
49	157	"You do not believe the hith exists," said Sakim.	10
49	159	"I have seen it," said Sakim.	10
49	162	"I lost a ship," said Sakim.	10
49	164	"In any event," said Sakim, "when we passed unhindered through the gathered ships of the corsairs, and might make for Thera, I did not flee.	10
49	171	"Such are the men of Bosk of Port Kar?" said Sakim.	10
49	177	"Honor," said Sakim, "would seem to be something of a tactical handicap".	10
49	204	"Night is filled with hazards," said Sakim.	10
50	1	Impact at Sea; Fog; A Situation is Desperate; Sakim's Proposal "Rudders right!" I cried.	10
50	7	"We are aground!" cried Sakim.	10
50	30	I went back to the low stern castle, accompanied by Thurnock, Sakim, and Clitus.	10
50	35	"It was probably waiting for us," said Sakim.	10
50	45	"Lamentable, yes," said Sakim, "but I think it no coincidence.	10
50	50	"Do not forget," said Sakim.	10
50	54	"Living islands, as sluggish as they may seem," said Sakim, "are alive and in some respects very aware and sensitive, that having to do with detecting fish, locating desirable feeding grounds, and such.	10
50	59	"The living island," said Sakim, "can detect the sound of an oar striking the water at a distance of pasangs".	10
50	70	"It is not only ships we must fear," said Sakim.	10
50	74	"Surely you saw the fire kindled on the island, noted the turbulence in the water," said Sakim.	10
50	76	"The great beast was in excruciating pain," said Sakim.	10
50	78	"You saw the fire," said Sakim.	10
50	80	"Those who inhabit the living islands or have their camps on them," said Sakim, "move and guide the islands, when they wish, by gentle pressures, from which the beast withdraws".	10
50	83	"The mercenaries are heartless and cruel," said Sakim.	10
50	89	"See how low the beast was in the water," said Sakim.	10
50	92	"We can do nothing for the beast," said Sakim.	10
50	95	"Do not be too sure," said Sakim.	10
50	97	"Do not underestimate the effects of jabbing, pointed metal poles, serrated blades, and white-hot irons affecting the Brigand Island," said Sakim, "nor the willingness of the mercenaries to kill it in their attempt to overtake us".	10
50	104	"You forget one thing, my friend," said Sakim.	10
50	107	"Abetted by the acuity of its senses," said Sakim, "senses capable of detecting the entrance of an oar into water, the creaking of rudders, from pasangs away".	10
50	109	"There is little wind," said Sakim.	10
50	111	"But, Captain," said Sakim, "that, in itself, given the height of the stem decks of the corsair fleet, and the glass of the Builders, will make us visible from pasangs away".	10
50	118	"You will lead the corsairs away from the Dorna?" said Sakim.	10
50	120	"And what of us?" asked Sakim.	10
50	122	"Do not insult me, Captain," said Sakim.	10
50	125	"You expect to entrust us to the hands of fortune?" said Sakim.	10
50	127	"I see no point in leaving all things to fortune," said Sakim.	10
51	4	"That was my intention," said Sakim.	10
51	15	"It was not my intention to reach the coast," said Sakim.	10
51	16	"You know the waters we are in?" I said to Sakim.	10
51	27	"Until our oarsmen, exhausted and aching, could no longer draw an oar," said Sakim, "and our friends, with ten shifts of oarsmen, their pursuit never abated, could draw abeam, cast out their hooks, and swarm aboard".	10
51	30	"Bring us about," said Sakim, "as though we, dismayed at our position, would risk all in a run for the open sea".	10
51	35	"No," said Sakim.	10
51	38	"They will wonder about that," I said to Sakim.	10
51	39	"Let them wonder," said Sakim.	10
51	43	"Keep the oars inboard," said Sakim.	10
51	45	"Keep the oars inboard," said Sakim.	10
51	48	"In passing the den of a larl," said Sakim, "it behooves one to tread softly".	10
51	55	"By that time we will be well from shore," said Sakim.	10
51	57	"Be patient," said Sakim.	10
51	72	"Patience," urged Sakim.	10
51	78	"Be gentle, I beg of you," said Sakim.	10
51	81	"Give me another Ehn," said Sakim, "another Ehn!" "Only that," I said.	10
51	91	"The hith, nearly exterminated on land," said Sakim, "took to cover and plenty, to the vast world of the sea".	10
51	93	"Of course," said Sakim.	10
51	95	"Yes," said Sakim.	10
51	98	"It takes prey of many dimensions," said Sakim.	10
51	102	"I think that is a biological reflex to anchor prey," said Sakim.	10
51	104	"It is within its prey rage," said Sakim.	10
51	108	"That seems so," said Sakim.	10
51	111	"It is possible," said Sakim.	10
51	115	"Another theory," said Sakim, "is that the hith scents warmth and blood, and its attack is not so much to destroy an intruder as to get at possible food".	10
51	118	"I much agree," said Sakim, "and such is my view, but surely you will grant that once food has been associated with an attack, that attacks might be thus encouraged?" "Surely," I said.	10
51	130	"Sharks," said Sakim, "jubilant sharks, rushing to the feast".	10
51	135	"The hith," said Sakim, "being a cold-blooded reptile, has a slow metabolism.	10
51	140	"I would suppose so," said Sakim.	10
51	142	"Then the other two ships will follow us," I said, "even through these waters?" "I do not doubt it," said Sakim.	10
51	150	"They are saving officers," said Sakim.	10
51	152	"The others are not officers," said Sakim.	10
51	153	"I know that man," I said, "he just drawn aboard! It is Ctesippus, a colleague of Glaukos, proprietor of the tavern, The Living Island, in Sybaris!" "Does it surprise you?" asked Sakim.	10
51	156	"He is displeased," said Sakim.	10
51	161	"It seems that Ctesippus has no wish to take on further passengers," said Sakim.	10
51	166	"Nature is so bred," said Sakim.	10
51	168	"It is a long swim," said Sakim.	10
51	170	"Perhaps," said Sakim, "if they can get outside the compass of the feeding.	10
51	174	"Many men, terrified, confused, blinded by sea water, swim toward the open sea," said Sakim.	10
51	176	"Do not be concerned," said Sakim.	10
51	179	Hardly had Sakim said this than the oar drums on the corsair ships began to sound, the reverberations carrying over the water.	10
51	180	"The mother vulo calls to her chicks," said Sakim.	10
51	183	"Do not move," said Sakim.	10
51	185	"I think," said Sakim, "that this would be a good time to take our departure".	10
51	187	"Why?" asked Sakim.	10
51	190	"The corsair ships would pursue us, but presumably under sail," said Sakim.	10
51	192	"Of course," said Sakim.	10
51	194	"Why?" asked Sakim.	10
51	197	"They are mercenaries, killers," said Sakim.	10
51	199	"You would save a fellow whom in battle you would think nothing of driving a sword into his heart?" said Sakim.	10
51	201	"Codes?" said Sakim.	10
51	204	"The corsairs will follow us," said Sakim.	10
51	206	"But there is the Brigand Island," said Sakim.	10
51	209	"I fear so," said Sakim.	10
51	212	"Sometimes one's best is not good enough," said Sakim.	10
51	214	"Her eyes may no longer see," said Sakim.	10
52	1	We Rendezvous with the Dorna; Enemy Ships; Masts are Down "Look!" cried Sakim.	10
52	22	"We may be able to effect simple repairs," said Sakim.	10
52	27	"The enemy must be about," said Sakim.	10
52	33	"He warns us of a trap," said Sakim.	10
52	37	"With not even a transfer of personnel, not even a taking on of the injured and wounded?" said Sakim.	10
52	63	"Four ships of the corsair fleet followed you," said Sakim.	10
52	65	"We sighted the other three near Chios," said Sakim.	10
52	68	"Sakim, with a little help, possibly from an old friend, managed it," I said.	10
52	74	"Sakim brought us to waters in which there lurked a territorial hith," I said.	10
52	87	"It is done by means of a living island," said Sakim, "that island we speak of as the Brigand Island, a pathetic, enormous aquatic beast under the control of corsairs and mercenaries.	10
52	92	"They will not feed it," said Sakim.	10
52	95	"It is so," said Sakim.	10
52	97	"The island does not know that," said Sakim.	10
52	99	"The corsairs torture the island with pain, spurring it to greater and greater speed," said Sakim.	10
53	24	"The Dorna is lame," said Sakim.	10
53	39	"It will find no food here," said Sakim, "only pain".	10
53	98	"You are rushing into the jaws of the larl," said Sakim.	10
53	100	"You cannot withstand the attack of three knife ships," said Sakim.	10
53	103	"Fly to Chios," said Sakim.	10
53	107	"I see little to choose from," said Sakim.	10
53	112	"They want the Dorna?" said Sakim.	10
53	114	"Why do you think this?" asked Sakim.	10
53	118	"But they did not," said Sakim.	10
53	125	"Why are the corsair ships waiting?" asked Sakim.	10
53	130	"They will not think so for long," said Sakim, "as our oars taste Thassa and our prows are set for Thera".	10
53	132	"Burdened with the Dorna," said Sakim.	10
53	135	"No," said Sakim.	10
53	139	"Possibly one, it seems clear," said Sakim.	10
53	146	"What are you thinking?" asked Sakim.	10
53	148	"Ah," said Sakim, "as you said, the Dorna was not destroyed when she was at the mercy of the corsairs".	10
53	150	"A second ship," said Sakim.	10
53	152	"He wants to board," said Sakim.	10
53	154	"It is much easier to ram than board," said Sakim.	10
53	157	"I do not think the enemy will mind expending his mercenaries in that endeavor," said Sakim.	10
53	159	"They will earn their pay," said Sakim.	10
53	163	"I suspect that few of them have ever fought at sea," said Sakim.	10
53	165	"A tiny land of wood, possibly awash, shifting beneath their feet," said Sakim.	10
53	167	"Is this a suitable beat?" inquired Sakim.	10
53	172	"You gamble for time," said Sakim.	10
53	178	"It is two Ahn until darkness," said Sakim.	10
53	188	"At this pace," said Sakim, "we shall be overtaken well before darkness".	10
53	190	"Thus he proceeds at his leisure?" said Sakim.	10
53	197	"Surely you do not intend to capitulate?" said Sakim.	10
53	199	"You would seek more time?" said Sakim.	10
53	213	"Do not believe them," said Sakim.	10
53	239	"That will take time," said Sakim.	10
53	242	"Tor-tu-Gor descends," said Sakim.	10
53	245	"Surely," said Sakim, "we have a hundred stone of imaginary gold aboard".	10
53	249	"We will make our move presently, will we not?" asked Sakim.	10
53	251	"When?" asked Sakim.	10
53	255	"It is still light," said Sakim.	10
53	257	"I am not sure we can make it to darkness," said Sakim.	10
53	259	"If we are so fortunate," said Sakim, "the enemy will think it madness that such lanterns are lit".	10
53	261	"They would give away our position," said Sakim.	10
53	264	"So, when?" asked Sakim.	10
53	268	"And the ships will hold their places, awaiting orders," said Sakim.	10
53	284	"Well done, Commander," said Sakim.	10
53	288	"Why?" asked Sakim.	10
53	291	"Then what is there to fear?" asked Sakim.	10
53	293	"Do not fear the Brigand Island," said Sakim.	10
53	302	"Do you think," I asked, "that it can feel?" "Surely," said Sakim.	10
53	304	"Yes," said Sakim.	10
53	307	"I do not think it knows that men exist," said Sakim, "only that pain and pleasure exist".	10
53	309	"Thurnock is already asleep," said Sakim.	10
53	311	"He sleeps soundly," said Sakim.	10
53	314	"I shall notify the watch," said Sakim.	10
54	4	"It seems," said Sakim, "that we have Thassa to ourselves".	10
54	5	Hardly had Sakim spoken than the lookout on the Tesephone's stern deck called out, "Sails! Five sails astern!" His cry was echoed a moment later by the lookout ensconced on the stern deck of the Dorna.	10
54	32	"Overnight, last night, they followed like sleen," said Sakim.	10
54	35	"It did not do so," said Sakim, moodily.	10
54	38	"I do not think this was a simple matter of fortune," said Sakim.	10
54	39	I did not speak, but I shared Sakim's doubt.	10
54	41	"Yet five sails mark the horizon," said Sakim.	10
54	46	"But they are not, mighty scion of the Peasantry," said Sakim.	10
54	58	"You hope to slip away in darkness?" said Sakim.	10
54	68	"Have you something in mind, Captain?" asked Sakim.	10
54	74	"Are you sure of it?" asked Sakim.	10
54	81	"Shall we maintain our present course, to the Cove of Harpalos?" asked Sakim.	10
54	86	"It has to do with the 'chance'?" said Sakim.	10
54	88	"Would you tell me more of this chance?" asked Sakim.	10
54	91	"To Sybaris?" said Sakim.	10
54	104	"Would we had brought along Margot, Millicent, and Courtney, the worthless slaves," said Sakim.	10
54	109	"Would they were here," said Sakim.	10
54	113	"It is pleasant to have absolute power over a beautiful woman," said Sakim.	10
54	115	"They love their collars and hunger to be owned," said Sakim.	10
54	117	"Still," said Sakim, "I would that Margot, Millicent, and Courtney were here".	10
54	119	"When we were finished with them, bind them naked, hand and foot, and leave them on the deck," said Sakim.	10
54	124	It might be noted, in passing, that neither I nor Sakim, nor others, considered the possibility that, should the corsairs be victorious, they might recognize Margot, Millicent, and Courtney as former allies and free them.	10
54	135	"Sakim," said I, "inquire of our stores, and of those of the Dorna, what quantities of sip root we have on board".	10
54	151	"I will do so," said Sakim.	10
55	1	Engagement is Imminent "There they are," said Sakim, viewing the horizon with a glass of the Builders.	10
55	3	"Of course," said Sakim.	10
55	6	"Sakim," I said, "speak to Clitus".	10
55	7	"The matter, hitherto speculative, is now clear," said Sakim.	10
55	11	"No," said Sakim, "but it is easy for them to follow the beast while it seeks a different vessel, hoping to be fed".	10
55	13	"The beast does not know that," said Sakim.	10
55	16	"Yes!" whispered Sakim.	10
55	27	"So joined, tied together, many oars unavailable, speed is lost, maneuverability is nullified," said Sakim.	10
55	31	"You will fight a land battle at sea," said Sakim.	10
55	35	Sakim again lifted the glass of the Builders.	10
55	41	"I see them now," said Sakim.	10
55	44	"With them," said Sakim, "is a darkness in the water, a plateau in the sea".	10
55	48	"It does not even know the source of its pain," said Sakim.	10
55	55	"One no longer needs the glass of the Builders," said Sakim.	10
55	60	"They will bring the Brigand Island alongside, and we shall find our floating citadel besieged," said Sakim.	10
55	65	"The Brigand Island will move to the starboard side," said Sakim.	10
55	73	"The Brigand Island approaches," said Sakim.	10
55	76	"We can use every man," said Sakim.	10
56	5	"We cannot withstand another such onslaught," said Sakim.	10
56	22	"If it had no feeling, it could not be goaded, or guided, by such means," said Sakim.	10
56	24	"Perhaps not," said Sakim.	10
56	28	"The ladders are like a forest," said Sakim.	10
56	38	"It may be under the ship!" cried Sakim.	10
56	41	Might not that monstrous body move beneath the ship? I then feared Sakim's alarm might soon be warranted.	10
56	52	"The eyes!" said Sakim.	10
56	59	"It is rising to the surface," said Sakim, "but on its back, under the swimmers".	10
56	61	"The head of the island seldom submerges," said Sakim.	10
56	65	"Thus," said Sakim, "the beast shocks and paralyzes prey, commonly fish".	10
56	67	"You may not care to look," said Sakim.	10
56	75	"The captain of that ship," said Sakim, "is a fool".	10
56	79	"He should rest his oars," said Sakim.	10
56	81	"Or the fierce bosk," said Sakim, looking at me.	10
56	85	"I think so," said Sakim.	10
56	88	"It was trained to expect, as a result of certain behaviors, rewards, at least occasionally," said Sakim.	10
56	94	"What animal?" asked Sakim.	10
56	96	"What is this about ringing bells?" said Sakim.	10
56	99	"The island rolls over and submerges!" "The observation ship turns about, it flees," said Sakim.	10
56	107	Sakim disengaged a glass of the Builders from his belt and trained it on the divided sinking corsair ship.	10
56	108	"Where once was a fine ship," said Sakim, "there is now debris".	10
56	110	"What of the beast?" "I think it is calm," said Sakim.	10
56	119	"So the bell of pleasure became the bell of pain," said Sakim.	10
56	121	"Sometimes a tarsk-bit, cast into the scale," said Sakim, "can unbalance the weight of mountains".	10
57	170	"Others, behind them," said Sakim, "are preparing to board".	10
57	207	"The enemy draws away," said Sakim.	10
57	217	"Not only are we no longer undermanned," said Sakim, "but now we are reinforced".	10
57	227	Thurnock, Clitus, and Sakim exchanged glances.	10
57	230	"We are short even on oars," said Sakim.	10
57	232	"The Tesephone is light," said Sakim.	10
57	236	"Their rams," said Sakim.	10
58	1	The Arithmetic of Battle "Take in the sail, lower the yard and mast," said Sakim.	10
58	6	It impedes helming!" Sakim's advice was sound.	10
58	9	"See the sail," said Sakim.	10
58	15	"It will be difficult to fight with the sail so," said Sakim.	10
58	17	"We repelled boarders," said Sakim.	10
58	24	"Captain Tab," said Sakim, "has urged you to abandon the Dorna".	10
58	32	"And who, mighty peasant, will guard ours?" asked Sakim.	10
58	34	"I am curious, Captain," said Sakim, "why you have persisted in holding our course for Sybaris and not the Cove of Harpalos, which is closer".	10
58	37	"But you had a reason?" said Sakim.	10
58	39	Sakim, Thurnock, Clitus, and myself were on the stem deck of the Tesephone.	10
58	51	"I think the enemy would be most happy with that proposal," said Sakim.	10
58	56	"We would depend, of course, on their honor," said Sakim.	10
58	60	"That is correct, Captain," said Sakim.	10
58	70	"You have hope, Captain?" asked Sakim.	10
58	73	"You think somehow to outdistance the enemy?" asked Sakim.	10
58	74	I handed the glass of the Builders to Sakim.	10
58	77	A bit later, Sakim returned the glass of the Builders.	10
58	86	"You will make your stand here?" said Sakim.	10
58	105	"Too," said Sakim, "the Tesephone is light.	10
58	120	"Another against the Dorna, abeam of her!" called Sakim.	10
58	126	There was a brutal shock and a sudden, ear-shattering tearing of wood behind us and Clitus, Sakim, Thurnock, and myself fell to the remaining boards of the stem deck.	10
58	130	"There are two now, aligned against the Dorna," said Sakim.	10
58	133	"We are lost," said Sakim.	10
58	136	"So signal the Dorna," said Sakim.	10
58	155	"He knows it is the end," said Sakim.	10
58	159	"It is my hope that we shall die well, with courage," said Sakim.	10
58	174	"Glass of the Builders," I said, and Sakim handed me the instrument.	10
58	176	"It is not circling," said Sakim, his eyes half closed against the shimmering brightness of Thassa.	10
58	181	"It makes no sense," said Sakim.	10
58	195	"I do not understand," said Sakim.	10
58	200	"I do not understand," said Sakim.	10
58	202	"What message?" asked Sakim.	10
58	204	"You have arranged this?" said Sakim.	10
58	207	"It lies, I wager," said Sakim, "with himself".	10
58	209	"That is why you kept your course directly between Mytilene and Sybaris," said Sakim.	10
58	215	"How was this done?" asked Sakim.	10
58	217	"You learned in Sybaris that the corsair fleet would attack Mytilene, naturally enough to seize the wealth accrued from the fair," said Sakim.	10
58	226	"Archelaos would expect Nicomachos to send a single ship to Mytilene, under the command of one of the governor's loyal minions to investigate the claim," said Sakim.	10
58	229	"Aktis did well," said Sakim.	10
58	240	"I am pleased we painted our ships white and yellow," said Sakim.	10
58	253	"Do not concern yourself, Captain," said Sakim.	10
58	257	"It is," said Sakim.	10
58	262	"Next afternoon," said Sakim, "when the lights are no longer too bright for the crew, when the noises are no longer too loud for them, when the slightest move no longer torments them, when the clouds no longer scream and beat on their heads, what course shall we set?" "Sybaris," I said, "there are d...	10
58	265	"Surely not," agreed Sakim.	10
59	155	"See the ribbons and streamers from the windows," said Sakim, "the flowers, the observers lining the roofs".	10
59	170	"Captain," said Sakim, who now stood at my elbow.	10
59	173	"Rigged and provisioned," said Sakim, "a whisper and both can slip free".	10
59	177	"How were they?" asked Sakim.	10
59	183	"I smell perfume," said Sakim.	10
59	215	"In Sybaris," said Sakim, "it seems there are many zealots after justice".	10
59	250	"Here, friend Sakim," said Clitus, "are more free maidens, joyously dancing in flowing garments, casting flowers, mostly dinas, talenders, and veminium, before the wheels of the final float.	10
59	252	"Are these as good as the earlier ones?" asked Sakim.	10
59	274	"What?" asked Sakim.	10
59	281	"What is going on?" asked Sakim.	10
59	284	"Turmoil," had said Sakim.	10
62	182	"I arranged with Tab to arm and distribute the crew of the Dorna and with Sakim to arm and distribute the crew of the Tesephone in such a manner as to fire Sybaris, the harbor, and ships, if we were not back by the fourteenth Ahn.	10
62	191	"I see Tab approaching, and Sakim, and men," said Thurnock.	10
63	13	"Do not blame yourself," said Sakim.	10
63	17	"All wisdom may not be in the codes," said Sakim.	10
63	31	"A wound heals," said Sakim.	10
63	47	"What a challenge! I had not thought of it! What a test of my limits!" "What do you intend to do with him?" asked Sakim.	10
63	51	"Turia is farther away," said Sakim.	10
63	94	"Villages, united and armed, would give pause not only to raiders but even to the predatory regulars of Cos," said Sakim.	10
63	96	"It is cruel," said Sakim, "that his village, Nicosia, was destroyed".	10
63	118	"Sakim," I called.	10