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Civitatis Ar, Plus!
Avenues / Streets / Districts
Harness Street
We then left the Avenue of Turia
and were once again on a side street. Many Gorean streets, incidentally,
do not have specific names, particularly from one end to the other, some
being known by one designation here and another there. Indeed, sometimes a
long, winding street will have several names, depending on its turns and
so on. Others may have no names really, in themselves, but are referred
to, for example, as the street on which Sabor has his smithy, and so on.
This becomes more intelligible if one thinks of "alleys." For example,
alleys seldom have names. So, too, many Gorean streets, particularly those
that are smaller and much like alleys, may not have names. One may usually
hire a lad from the district to direct inquiries of fellows in the area.
In such inquiries, the male will normally speak to a male, and the female
to a female. This has to do not only with matters of propriety, enshrined
in Gorean custom, but also with common-sense security measures. For
example, a woman would not wish to seem forward, nor, in effect, to be
calling herself to the attention of a strange male, which can be dangerous
on Gor, and a woman, a free woman, might be well advised not to respond to
the accostings of a strange male. He might even be a slaver, or a slaver's
man, interested in seeing if she had a pleasing voice, one suitable for a
slave. Similarly if she responds to a strange male this may be taken as
evidence that she is eager to please a man and obey, two attributes which
suggest her readiness, even immediately, for his collar. One may, of
course, make such inquiries of slave girls. In such a case they are
expected to kneel immediately, being in the presence of a free man, or
person, and be as helpful as possible. It is desirable, incidentally, for
the girls of a district to know the district well, in case they are asked
for directions and such. If they do not know the information desired, it
is sensible on their part to keep their head very low, even to the stones,
or even to belly to the interlocutor. This may save them a cuffing or
kick. This street, however, had a name. It was Harness Street, apparently
so called from long ago when it was once a locale of several harness
makers. The harness makers are members of the caste of leather workers.
The "harness makers" on Gor, provide not just harnesses but an entire line
of associated products, such as saddles, bridles, reins, hobblings and
tethers. Presumably the harness makers on this street would not have dealt
in slave harnesses. That product would have been more likely to have been,
as it still was, available on the "Street of Brands," a district in which
are found many of the houses of slavers, sales barns, sales arenas,
holding areas, boarding accommodations, training facilities, and shops
dealing with product lines pertinent to slaves, such as collars,
cosmetics, jewelry, perfumes, slave garb, chains, binding fiber and
disciplinary devices. In such a district one may have a girl's septum or
ears pierced. There are many varieties of slave harness, incidentally,
with various purposes, such as discipline, display and security. Many of
them are extremely lovely on a woman, and many, by such adjustments as
cinching, tightening, and buckling, may be fitted closely and exquisitely
to the individual slave. MAGICIANS OF GOR-, (25) Pages 108-109
I stood on the Wall Road, back
near Harness Street. Here I was about a hundred feet back from the wall.
In moment or two Marcus was again beside me, and Phoebe behind him, on his
left. The girl normally heels a right-handed master on the left, that she
not encumber the movements of the weapon hand. MAGICIANS OF GOR-,
(25) Page 117
We then turned about, and left the
vicinity of the Wall Road. Near the entrances to Harness Street, off the
Wall Road, I turned about. MAGICIANS OF GOR-, Page 133
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A rich, yet utterly simple saga; a world, a time, a people;
those of the Counter-Earth .. the planet .. Gor.
Thank you!
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