Book 28. (7 results) Kur of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 74 | 118 | It was felt that the use of neither weapon, however dangerous and effective it might be, required enough skill to qualify it for inclusion in an agon. |
| 74 | 119 | In the case of the crossbow this seems to the writer a mistake. |
| 74 | 120 | The writer feels that, beyond a certain point, skill with the crossbow is as respectable and rare as that with the great bow. |
| 74 | 121 | The prejudice against the crossbow, the writer suspects, is due largely to the fact that it is, for obvious reasons, the assassin's weapon of choice. |
| 74 | 122 | * * * * The next time Cabot visited the tiny cage of a brunette slave, she knelt as the other slaves had, with the palms of her hands down on the cage floor, and her head down to it, as well, in first obeisance position. |
| 74 | 123 | "I gather," she said, acidly, "this is the way you want me". |
| 74 | 124 | But when she looked up, he had gone. |
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It was felt that the use of neither weapon, however dangerous and effective it might be, required enough skill to qualify it for inclusion in an agon.
In the case of the crossbow this seems to the writer a mistake.
The writer feels that, beyond a certain point, skill with the crossbow is as respectable and rare as that with the great bow.
The prejudice against the crossbow, the writer suspects, is due largely to the fact that it is, for obvious reasons, the assassin's weapon of choice.
* * * * The next time Cabot visited the tiny cage of a brunette slave, she knelt as the other slaves had, with the palms of her hands down on the cage floor, and her head down to it, as well, in first obeisance position.
"I gather," she said, acidly, "this is the way you want me".
But when she looked up, he had gone.
- (Kur of Gor, Chapter )