To be sure, she had gathered that the beasts and the men were not what they seemed, and that there was some form of communication amongst them.
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Perhaps that was seeing, and hearing, too much.
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She did not know.
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But all here now, even the soldiers, understood at least that much! If only she could convince the beasts that she knew nothing! Or that what she knew was meaningless and inconsequential, or no more than what others here, and doubtless others elsewhere, too, might know! If only she could convince them that they had nothing to fear from her, she only a slave! How naive Mirus had been! Well he might have understood a quest for gold, for such a quest is no stranger to the interests of men, but how mistaken he had been as to the motivation of a slave's pursuit! He had foolishly supposed that the interest taken in her by his fellows and the beasts was his own, that it was their intention merely to abet him, to assist him in obtaining her for himself, that she would wear his collar, kneel before him and serve at his feet.
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How naive he had been! It was not their intention to assist him in acquiring a particular property; it was rather their intention to destroy it.
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It was not their intention to assist him in acquiring a particular animal, one he might find of interest; it was rather their intention to kill it.
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It had not been her beauty they sought but her blood.
To be sure, she had gathered that the beasts and the men were not what they seemed, and that there was some form of communication amongst them.
Perhaps that was seeing, and hearing, too much.
She did not know.
But all here now, even the soldiers, understood at least that much! If only she could convince the beasts that she knew nothing! Or that what she knew was meaningless and inconsequential, or no more than what others here, and doubtless others elsewhere, too, might know! If only she could convince them that they had nothing to fear from her, she only a slave! How naive Mirus had been! Well he might have understood a quest for gold, for such a quest is no stranger to the interests of men, but how mistaken he had been as to the motivation of a slave's pursuit! He had foolishly supposed that the interest taken in her by his fellows and the beasts was his own, that it was their intention merely to abet him, to assist him in obtaining her for himself, that she would wear his collar, kneel before him and serve at his feet.
How naive he had been! It was not their intention to assist him in acquiring a particular property; it was rather their intention to destroy it.
It was not their intention to assist him in acquiring a particular animal, one he might find of interest; it was rather their intention to kill it.
It had not been her beauty they sought but her blood.
- (Prize of Gor, Chapter )