"Are you," I asked, "a priest-King?" "No," he said.
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I looked at this man, seeming to be a man among other men, yet more.
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"Do you speak for the priest-kings?" I asked.
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"Yes," he said.
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I believed him.
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It was common, of course, for Initiates to claim to speak for the priest-kings; indeed, it was presumably the calling of their caste to interpret the will of the priest-kings to men.
"I have been waiting for you," he said.
"Are you," I asked, "a priest-King?" "No," he said.
I looked at this man, seeming to be a man among other men, yet more.
"Do you speak for the priest-kings?" I asked.
"Yes," he said.
I believed him.
It was common, of course, for Initiates to claim to speak for the priest-kings; indeed, it was presumably the calling of their caste to interpret the will of the priest-kings to men.
- (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter )