In my flight I could see at one point the Omen Valley, where the haruspexes were still working about their numerous, smoking altars.
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I laughed bitterly.
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In a few Ehn I had overtaken my Thousand and given the tarn over to five men, who would keep it until its wagon should, following the tracks of the riders, reach them.
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Within perhaps the ahn a grim, angry Harold brought his tarn down between the two columns, that of his Thousand and of mine.
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It took only a moment for him to give the tarn into the keeping of some five warriors and leap on the back of his kaiila.
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I had noted, to my satisfaction, that he now handled the tarn rather well.
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He had apparently, in the past several days since our escape from Saphrar's keep, been familiarizing himself with the saddle straps and the bird's habits and responses.
In my flight I could see at one point the Omen Valley, where the haruspexes were still working about their numerous, smoking altars.
I laughed bitterly.
In a few Ehn I had overtaken my Thousand and given the tarn over to five men, who would keep it until its wagon should, following the tracks of the riders, reach them.
Within perhaps the ahn a grim, angry Harold brought his tarn down between the two columns, that of his Thousand and of mine.
It took only a moment for him to give the tarn into the keeping of some five warriors and leap on the back of his kaiila.
I had noted, to my satisfaction, that he now handled the tarn rather well.
He had apparently, in the past several days since our escape from Saphrar's keep, been familiarizing himself with the saddle straps and the bird's habits and responses.
- (Nomads of Gor, Chapter )