I might perhaps then have been victorious but the probabilities were extremely slim.
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Even had I slain two of them the others might have withdrawn and with their arrows or bolas brought me to the ground.
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More importantly, I did not wish to introduce myself to these people as an enemy.
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I wished, as I had said, to come in peace.
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At last the Tuchuk detached himself from the other three warriors and pranced his kaiila to within a dozen yards of me.
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"You are a stranger," he said.
I could have fought.
I might perhaps then have been victorious but the probabilities were extremely slim.
Even had I slain two of them the others might have withdrawn and with their arrows or bolas brought me to the ground.
More importantly, I did not wish to introduce myself to these people as an enemy.
I wished, as I had said, to come in peace.
At last the Tuchuk detached himself from the other three warriors and pranced his kaiila to within a dozen yards of me.
"You are a stranger," he said.
- (Nomads of Gor, Chapter )