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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: of the huge creature that he had thought divine, while
Komal rubbed his hideous snout against her side.
"So this is your god!" laughed Thuvia.
Jav looked bewildered. He scarce knew whether he
dare chance offending Komal or not, for so strong is the
power of superstition that even though we know that we
have been reverencing a sham, yet still we hesitate
to admit the validity of our new-found convictions.
"Yes," he said, "this is Komal. For ages the enemies
of Tario have been hurled to this pit to fill his maw,
for Komal must be fed."
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