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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Astok bent close and whispered into the other's ear.
The suggestion of a smile crossed the cruel features of
Vas Kor. He realized the power that lay within his grasp.
He should be a jed at least.
"And how may I help you, my Prince?" asked the older man suavely.
"I cannot kill her," said Astok. "Issus! I cannot do it!
When she turns those eyes upon me my heart becomes water."
Vas Kor's eyes narrowed.
"And you wish--" He paused, the interrogation unfinished, yet complete.
Astok nodded.
"YOU do not love her," he said.
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