Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | 65 | From this distance I could see hatches in the ships, on the top, and there was sufficient oxygen in the complex to permit exposed visual observation, but none of the priest-kings peered out of any of the hatches. |
| 29 | 66 | Rather they continued to concentrate on their instruments. |
| 29 | 67 | They must have been puzzled by the failure of the instrumentation to detect me. |
| 29 | 68 | Two hypotheses would seem most likely to explain this phenomenon to them, first that I had fled the complex, second that I was nestled among them, and I smiled to myself, for I was certain that the second hypothesis would never occur to a priest-King, for it was too improbable and priest-kings were too rational a kind of creature. |
| 29 | 69 | For half a Gorean Ahn we hung there, none of us moving. |
| 29 | 70 | Then for a full Gorean Ahn did we remain there, motionless above the complex. |
| 29 | 71 | Again I smiled to myself. |
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From this distance I could see hatches in the ships, on the top, and there was sufficient oxygen in the complex to permit exposed visual observation, but none of the priest-kings peered out of any of the hatches.
Rather they continued to concentrate on their instruments.
They must have been puzzled by the failure of the instrumentation to detect me.
Two hypotheses would seem most likely to explain this phenomenon to them, first that I had fled the complex, second that I was nestled among them, and I smiled to myself, for I was certain that the second hypothesis would never occur to a priest-King, for it was too improbable and priest-kings were too rational a kind of creature.
For half a Gorean Ahn we hung there, none of us moving.
Then for a full Gorean Ahn did we remain there, motionless above the complex.
Again I smiled to myself.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )