Friend?  Daniel chuckled.  "I am your Master.  I will tell you this.  Do not displease me and you will be alright.  As for being a friend, that is something free people do with other fee people or slaves with other slaves.  But you can talk to me as such.  But Remember only when we are alone.  A slave never speaks in public without permission.  As for food I have dried meats and vegtables and some bread in the saddle bags, for meals on the way to Ar's Station.  For now there is some jerky that you can eat while we fly.  He hoisted her up into the saddle and then climbed up behind her.  He placed broad leather straps across their laps.  "These will keep us from falling off.  I hope you like flying."  he chuckled and pulled on the one of the straps that went to a head harness on Midnight.  He rose and began walking fast towards a large opening and when he reached it, spread his wings and leaped out.  He began flapping his wings and gained altitude as he circled the tower a few times.  Then Daniel pulled on another leather strap and Midnight turned and headed north.  The air rushed by them and was not to cold, but to be on the safe side, he pulled a warm blanket from one of the large saddle bags and placed it about the front of Zoe.  It would get colder as they gained altitude and got further north.<br/><br/>Daniel loved to fly.  It seemed he was made to be a Tarnsman.  To fly was to be free of everything, and be able to see the world from above was breath taking.  The view was astounding and the feel of the wind envigorating.  "We will be traveling a couple days this way."  he told Zoe.  By ground it would take a week or more to get where we are going and we would have to be constantly on the watch for Raiders and Marauders.  Up here will take a couple days and not have to worry, except when we land to rest Midnight and ourselves and of course for the night. "<br/><br/>He thought of what she had told him.  "War is never a good thing, though it is necessary at times.  On Earth men kill each other from afar, and never up close and personal, like here.  Oh we have Bows and we shoot from the sky at times but mostly we shoot at other Tarnsmen.  It is a bit difficult to get to close, as both parties might go crashing to the ground as the great Tarns would fight and that would not be good.  On the ground there are no guns, no explosives, no IED's.  Yes I know of these things, for once I was from Earth, a soldier.  But I was brought here by the Black Ships and well now I am a Warrior and Tarnsman."  he gave her some of the beef jerky he had in the saddle bags so she could eat something.  "When we land next I will fix a meal and show you how to prepare the simple meal.  We will have watered down paga to drink.  A bit better then just water but not as powerful as regular Paga."  he chuckled.  "One can get drunk on that and if one is not use to it perhaps the watered down version as well.  You will also strip out of your rags and put on the garment I bought for you.  I will begin teaching you some of the basic things you will need to know before we reach Ar's Station."