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Its ceiling was only perhaps a hundred feet high but its length and width were considerable and it was filled with golden priest-kings, garlanded in green and wearing about their necks that shining, jangling circle of tiny, silverish tools. There were perhaps a thousand priest-kings in the Nest, and I supposed that this might be almost all the priest-kings in the Nest, save perhaps those that might be essentially placed at a few minimum posts, such as the guard at the steel barricade and perhaps some in the Scanning Chamber or, more likely, the Power Plant. Much of the business of the Nest, of course, even relatively technical matters, was carried on by trained Muls. The priest-kings stood motionless in great circling, tiered rows which spread concentrically outward as though from a stage in an ancient theater. To one side I could see four priest-kings handling the knobs of a large scent-producer, about the size of a steel room. There were perhaps hundreds of knobs on each side and one priest-King on each side with great skill and apparent rhythm touched one knob after another in intricate patterns. I had little doubt but that these priest-kings were the most highly regarded musicians of the Nest, that they should be chosen to play together on the great Feast of Tola. - (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )