"I grieve that Master is distressed," she said, at last.
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"And I fear I do not, at least to my satisfaction, understand wholly the causes of his concern.
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The considerations which seem to motivate him do not seem to me coercive, even weighty".
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"You are not a man," he said, "nor are you of my caste, the scarlet caste, nor are you Gorean".
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"It seems, to me," she said, "that I am like a piece of fruit, in some lovely orchard, dangling on a branch before you, perhaps luscious fruit, certainly within reach, which you might pluck or not, as you pleased.
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Why then would you not reach out your hand, and seize me, and pluck me from the branch? Some men, I am sure, would enjoy having me at their feet.
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I knew men on Earth who would, I am sure, have reveled in my bondage, and striven to buy me".
"I grieve that Master is distressed," she said, at last.
"And I fear I do not, at least to my satisfaction, understand wholly the causes of his concern.
The considerations which seem to motivate him do not seem to me coercive, even weighty".
"You are not a man," he said, "nor are you of my caste, the scarlet caste, nor are you Gorean".
"It seems, to me," she said, "that I am like a piece of fruit, in some lovely orchard, dangling on a branch before you, perhaps luscious fruit, certainly within reach, which you might pluck or not, as you pleased.
Why then would you not reach out your hand, and seize me, and pluck me from the branch? Some men, I am sure, would enjoy having me at their feet.
I knew men on Earth who would, I am sure, have reveled in my bondage, and striven to buy me".
- (Kur of Gor, Chapter )