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Indeed, did not men and women on my former world occasionally, however irrationally, chat pleasantly to their animals, as though such animals might comprehend their words? Does not such persiflage please the master or mistress, and the beast, as well, welcoming such sounds, however ignorant it might be of the content of such a discourse?" It was only when they had passed us, moving north on Emerald, that I became very frightened. - (Plunder of Gor, Chapter 20, Sentence #201)

"Come along, shaggy friend," said the Lady Bina, smiling. "We will proceed". "She speaks to the beast," I thought, "as though it could understand, but then, do not masters and mistresses often address their brutes, however irrationally, as though they might understand? One supposes hunters might hasten sleen on the scent, riders urge on their mounts, drivers encourage their teams. Indeed, did not men and women on my former world occasionally, however irrationally, chat pleasantly to their animals, as though such animals might comprehend their words? Does not such persiflage please the master or mistress, and the beast, as well, welcoming such sounds, however ignorant it might be of the content of such a discourse?" It was only when they had passed us, moving north on Emerald, that I became very frightened. Surely what I had heard were animal noises, but, in retrospect, there was something very unusual about them. Somehow, they seemed not altogether like animal noises. For example, you may become suddenly aware that a city's time bar has been tolling, apparently without your notice, and then, surprisingly, you realize it has already tolled, say, five times. - (Plunder of Gor, Chapter 20)