157). Taraka likes to gamble more than anything, a popular (perhaps unwise, but not evil) activity today: "In a darkened, endless cathedral he rolled dice that were suns and planets" (p. 157).
When Taraka is victorious and joyful, Sam is too: "There came to him a joy shot through with fear, and he knew it to be mainly that of another, but it was partly his, too. The fear -- that was all his" (p. 157).
Taraka also keeps his word. He promised Sam he would help him to fight the gods, and he does. He orders the Rakasha to fight as an army, and they obey his order although they have never been to war before. Apparently, they had never thought of it, but the Rakasha are open to new ideas. When Sam asks Taraka if he will go to war against the gods, Taraka replys,
Yes indeed. I wish I had thought of it myself in the old days. Perhaps, then, we should never have been bound. Perhaps there would no longer be men or gods upon this world. We were never much for concerted action, though. Independence of spirit naturally...
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