I was one of those men, a tarnsman, who would prefer the saddle of one of those fierce, predatory titans to the throne of a Ubar.
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Once one has been a tarnsman, it is said, one must return again and again to the giant, savage birds.
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I think that this is a true saying.
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One knows that one must master them or be devoured.
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One knows that they are not dependable, that they are vicious.
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A tarnsman knows that they may turn upon him without warning.
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Yet the tarnsman chooses no other life.
I was one of those men, a tarnsman, who would prefer the saddle of one of those fierce, predatory titans to the throne of a Ubar.
Once one has been a tarnsman, it is said, one must return again and again to the giant, savage birds.
I think that this is a true saying.
One knows that one must master them or be devoured.
One knows that they are not dependable, that they are vicious.
A tarnsman knows that they may turn upon him without warning.
Yet the tarnsman chooses no other life.
- (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter )