It was possible, of course, that they were merely curious.
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After all, how many scarlet-clad warriors appeared from day to day in the drab streets of Tharna? I climbed one of the towers of Tharna, wanting to look out upon the city.
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I emerged on the highest bridge I could find.
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It was railed, as most Gorean bridges, high or low, are not.
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Slowly I let my eye wander the city, surely in its people and their customs one of the most unusual on Gor.
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Tharna, though a city of cylinders, did not seem to my eye as beautiful as many other cities I had seen.
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This was perhaps because the cylinders were, on the whole, less lofty than those of other cities, and much broader, giving an impression of a set of squat, accumulated disks, so different from the lofty forests of sky-challenging towers and battlements distinguishing most Gorean cities.
It was possible, of course, that they were merely curious.
After all, how many scarlet-clad warriors appeared from day to day in the drab streets of Tharna? I climbed one of the towers of Tharna, wanting to look out upon the city.
I emerged on the highest bridge I could find.
It was railed, as most Gorean bridges, high or low, are not.
Slowly I let my eye wander the city, surely in its people and their customs one of the most unusual on Gor.
Tharna, though a city of cylinders, did not seem to my eye as beautiful as many other cities I had seen.
This was perhaps because the cylinders were, on the whole, less lofty than those of other cities, and much broader, giving an impression of a set of squat, accumulated disks, so different from the lofty forests of sky-challenging towers and battlements distinguishing most Gorean cities.
- (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter )