"You have been touched by the priest-kings," said a voice behind me.
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I spun about, shield before me, spear ready.
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In the next flash of lightning I saw the white robes of an Initiate, the shaven head and the sad eyes of one of the Blessed Caste, servants it is said of the priest-kings themselves.
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He stood with his arms in his robe, tall on the road, watching me.
And each time I saw what I had seen before.
The valley empty.
Ko-ro-ba was gone.
"You have been touched by the priest-kings," said a voice behind me.
I spun about, shield before me, spear ready.
In the next flash of lightning I saw the white robes of an Initiate, the shaven head and the sad eyes of one of the Blessed Caste, servants it is said of the priest-kings themselves.
He stood with his arms in his robe, tall on the road, watching me.
- (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter )