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I did not object
to the time I spent with Sarm, however, for he taught me far more of the Nest in
a much shorter time than would have otherwise been possible. With him at my side
I had access to many areas which would have been closed to a human.
One of the latter was the power source of the Priest-Kings, the great plant
wherein the basic energy is generated for their many works and machines.
"Sometimes this is spoken of as the Home Stone of all Gor," said Sarm,
as we walked the long, winding, iron spiral that clung to the side of a vast,
transparent blue dome. Within that dome, burning and glowing, emitting a bluish
combustive refulgence, was a huge, crystalline reticulated hemisphere.
"The analogy, of course," said Sarm, "is incorrect for there is
no Home Stone as such in the Nest of Priest-Kings, the Home Stone being a
barbarous artifact generally common to the cities and homes of Gorean
humans."
I was somewhat annoyed to find the Home Stones, taken so seriously in the Cities
of Gor that man might be slain if he did not rise when speaking of the Home
Stone of his city, so airily dismissed by the lofty Sarm.
"You find it hard to understand the love of a man for his Home Stone,"
I said.
"A cultural oddity," said Sarm, "which I understand perfectly,
but find slightly preposterous."
Priest-Kings
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