Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 12 | 277 | It is hard not to show fear in the presence of the tarn, but it is extremely dangerous to do so, for the tarn, as many animals, can sense fear, and this stimulates its aggression. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 12 | 274 | "He will be a tarnsman," I said. |
| 12 | 275 | "I think so," said Tajima. |
| 12 | 276 | Then the fellow put his hand out, on the bird's beak, which touch the bird, as though puzzled, suffered without protest. |
| 12 | 277 | It is hard not to show fear in the presence of the tarn, but it is extremely dangerous to do so, for the tarn, as many animals, can sense fear, and this stimulates its aggression. |
| 12 | 278 | The fellow, of course, was not another bird, or a tabuk, or verr, but a different life form, the human, which is not an unknown form of prey for a tarn, but it is certainly not its customary prey. |
| 12 | 279 | Too, the tarn commonly attacks from the air. |
| 12 | 280 | It is not unknown for tabuk to graze in its presence, if it has alighted. |
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"He will be a tarnsman," I said.
"I think so," said Tajima.
Then the fellow put his hand out, on the bird's beak, which touch the bird, as though puzzled, suffered without protest.
It is hard not to show fear in the presence of the tarn, but it is extremely dangerous to do so, for the tarn, as many animals, can sense fear, and this stimulates its aggression.
The fellow, of course, was not another bird, or a tabuk, or verr, but a different life form, the human, which is not an unknown form of prey for a tarn, but it is certainly not its customary prey.
Too, the tarn commonly attacks from the air.
It is not unknown for tabuk to graze in its presence, if it has alighted.
- (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter 12)