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Was the message some sort of hoax or joke? Had it been a ruse to lure me into an unauthorized absence? Even a single-master slave is commonly expected to request the master's permission to leave the domicile, and is expected to inform him of where she is going, what she will be doing, and when to expect her back. Was this a jest, I wondered, on the part of Addison Steele, to set me on a venture, a venture at the conclusion of which I might expect a hissing whip? Might Ho-Tosk suspect that I had tried to escape? I do not want to be hamstrung or mutilated, perhaps as an example to other slaves. "I will wait a little longer," I thought, "then I will hurry back to the Golden Chain". At that moment, there was a sudden noise, a bright, loud, unexpected, shocking, jagged flash of sound not a foot from my head, and a handful of stone and dust, and debris, gouged, burst forth from the wall. It was like an invisible hammer or spike had struck the wall, fiercely, and with great velocity. A moment later it seemed I recalled I had experienced a splinter of light flashing past, and then I had become aware of the noise, and the shower of debris flying from the wall, some of which pelted my left shoulder and settled on my arm. I screamed and threw myself to the ground. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter )