|
"After that we lay side by
side for a long time, looking up at the bluish
translucent dome of the Pool of Blue Flowers.
There are, as I
mentioned, many pools in the Capacian Baths, and they differ in their shapes
and sizes, and in their decor, and in the temperatures and scents of their
waters.
The temperature of the Pool of Blue Flowers
was cool and pleasing. The atmosphere of the pool was further charged with
the fragrance of Veminium, a kind of bluish wild flower commonly found on
the lower slopes of the Thentis range; the walls, the columns, even the
bottom of the pool, were decorated with representations of Veminium, and
many of the plants themselves were found in the chamber.
Though
the pool was marble and the walkways about it, much of the area was planted
with grass and ferns and various other flora were in abundance. There were
many small nooks and glades, here and there, some more than forty yards from
the pool, where a man might rest." {Assassin of Gor}
"Look," I
said, pointing to the far end of the curving pool,
some hundred and fifty yards away, "if I do not catch you before
you reach the edge you will have your freedom for the day." {Assassin of
Gor} |
