She seemed to take the experience in stride.  She was not screaming or babbling incoherently like a lot of women would.  To have been almost killed and eaten by a large cat would have terrified anyone, but it didn't seem to phase here.  She calmly thanked him and squeezed the water from her hair.  It was not something one would expect from a slave.  The rest of the day was spent flying and they landed for the second night not to far from their destination.  As he ate his evening meal he still pondered what he was going to do with her.  He also was wondering why he had bought here in the first place.  He could have just went to Ar's Station and bought one there when he was settled in.  That would have been the logical thing to do, but it seemed something had guided him that day to the Slave Market and the Pens.  He had seen lots of slaves while in the employ of Jamal the Slaver.  He could have had any one of them if he had asked Jamal, and probably at a reduced price or perhaps even just given to him as a gift.  He looked over at Reese, and shook his head.  Why her?  Why had he been drawn to her?  Then there was her mindset.  From what Jamal had told him of the Slavers of the Black Ships, they did not just go and snatch and grab but spent weeks studying those that they would kidnap.  They had a guideline of sorts of what to look for.  Not only was looks important but inteligance and the ability to adapt.  That was a key factor in their search for the kind of slaves they wanted.<br/><br/>Resse had the beauty and inteligance but he ability to adapt, he doubted that she had that.  Now by the way her mind set was on things.  Most women from Earth, at first, fought the idea of slavery, but then began to adapt to their new world and come to accept their new life.  Reese seemed to not have been able to do that.  Now he had a slave that refused to accept her life as one.  When he got the chance to do so he would see what he could get for her and be done with her.  Get one that was properly trained and therefore he would not have to seek out someone to rent their slave to teach his slave the language and what was expected of her.<br/><br/>The next morning they flew on to the city of Ar's Station.  As expected, a Tarn patrol approached them and flew around them as one of the Tarnsman flew along side them.  "Tal.  What do you do here at Ar's Station?"  the man asked.<br/><br/>"Tal."  Daniel used the common greeting.  "I have come from Ar, with a letter of introduction and reccomendation from the Tarn Commander there.  I seek a place on our Tarn force here."<br/><br/>The man smiled and nodded.  "Yes we can use good Tarnsmen.  Come follow me in."  he signaled the others to return to their patrol and he escorted Daniel in to the air space of Ar's Station and to a Tower similar to the one Midnight had been housed in at Ar.  But this one was not a public Tarn Tower, but the one used for the Military Tarns.  Once inside the eyrie of the Tower,  the one that bought them in dismounted his Tarn and a Tarn Keeper took charge of his Tarn.  Daniel did the same and helped Reese down.  "Follow three paces behind and to my left."  he told her, "Keep quiet as well."	They descended from the eyrie , on ramps going down, to where the offices of the various functions of the Tarn Force were.  The man took them to the Tarn Commander's office where Daniel handed him the letter.  The Tarn Commander looked it over and then looked at Daniel.  "A high recomendation  from Commander Tallus.  You must have impressed him greatly."  His eyes then fell upon Reese and his brow raised.  Daniel looked back at her and rolled his eyes.<br/><br/>"She is new to the collar, and has not yet accepted her fate as being a slave.  She doesn't even know the language yet.  I need to rent a slave to teach her what her duties will be and the language."  John told the Tarn Commander.<br/><br/>"You have your hands full then with this one."  he grinned.  "A beauty for sure.  Darius  here might be able to help you with teaching her.  His slave I believe has helped teach other slaves."  the Tarn Commander looked over at Darius.<br/><br/>"That is true." Darius said.  "I would be happy to send her to teach your slave."<br/><br/>"Take him to his new quarters.  I will add you to the lists and arrange things with the paymaster.  Welcome to Ar's Station and its Tarn Force."  he clasped Daniels arm and then Darius took him and Resse out.