Step by step I climbed the black avenue, wondering if the truce would be respected.
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If Dorna the Proud had ruled upon that rampart rather than Thorn, a Captain, and a member of my own caste, I was certain that a bolt from some crossbow would have pierced my body without warning.
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When at last I stood unslain on the black cobblestones at the foot of the double rampart I knew that though Dorna the Proud might rule in Tharna, though it might be she who sat upon the golden throne of the city, that it was the word of a warrior that ruled on those ramparts above me.
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"Tal, Warrior," said Thorn, removing his helmet.
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"Tal, Warrior," I said.
Once again I began to approach the rampart.
It seemed a long walk.
Step by step I climbed the black avenue, wondering if the truce would be respected.
If Dorna the Proud had ruled upon that rampart rather than Thorn, a Captain, and a member of my own caste, I was certain that a bolt from some crossbow would have pierced my body without warning.
When at last I stood unslain on the black cobblestones at the foot of the double rampart I knew that though Dorna the Proud might rule in Tharna, though it might be she who sat upon the golden throne of the city, that it was the word of a warrior that ruled on those ramparts above me.
"Tal, Warrior," said Thorn, removing his helmet.
"Tal, Warrior," I said.
- (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter )