Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 24 | 55 | No, I supposed the beetle did not need speed in its tunnels. |
| 24 | 56 | I set Vika down. |
| 24 | 57 | I leaned the Mul-Torch against the side of the passage. |
| 24 | 58 | And yet it seemed strange to me to think of the beetle as pursuing its prey in these tunnels for hours, perhaps days. |
| 24 | 59 | It seemed foolish, unlikely, a puzzle of nature. |
| 24 | 60 | But I myself had seen its body and knew now that it was incapable of prolonged, rapid movement. |
| 24 | 61 | How was it then, I asked myself, that such a slow, awkward, clumsy creature, no matter how formidable at close range, could capture and slay an organism as alert and swift as a Priest-King? I moved Vika's limbs and rubbed her hands to see if I could restore her circulation to a more normal level. |
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No, I supposed the beetle did not need speed in its tunnels.
I set Vika down.
I leaned the Mul-Torch against the side of the passage.
And yet it seemed strange to me to think of the beetle as pursuing its prey in these tunnels for hours, perhaps days.
It seemed foolish, unlikely, a puzzle of nature.
But I myself had seen its body and knew now that it was incapable of prolonged, rapid movement.
How was it then, I asked myself, that such a slow, awkward, clumsy creature, no matter how formidable at close range, could capture and slay an organism as alert and swift as a Priest-King? I moved Vika's limbs and rubbed her hands to see if I could restore her circulation to a more normal level.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )