"Gor, and her sister, Earth," said Grendel, "lie within their atmospheres, but here the atmosphere lies within the world.
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With power weapons, Gor, and Earth, might be broken into fragments, each too small to hold an atmosphere, but here an atmosphere may be the more easily lost, escaping through vast ruptures, ruptures easily consequent upon the charges of the larger power weapons".
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"It would destroy the world," said Cabot.
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"Agamemnon, I am sure," said Lord Grendel, "if perceiving himself adequately threatened, would not hesitate to destroy this world".
"The world is not fragile," said Grendel.
"But it may be destroyed from within".
"So, too, may any world," said Cabot.
"Gor, and her sister, Earth," said Grendel, "lie within their atmospheres, but here the atmosphere lies within the world.
With power weapons, Gor, and Earth, might be broken into fragments, each too small to hold an atmosphere, but here an atmosphere may be the more easily lost, escaping through vast ruptures, ruptures easily consequent upon the charges of the larger power weapons".
"It would destroy the world," said Cabot.
"Agamemnon, I am sure," said Lord Grendel, "if perceiving himself adequately threatened, would not hesitate to destroy this world".
- (Kur of Gor, Chapter )