Honestly, I'm a little muddled on that myself. I don't know if the masters own the slaves, or if the slaves are considered property of the<em>arena</em>until purchased by one of the princes - with the masters working on behest of the arena to shape up the goods.<br/><br/>Regardless of the technical details of who owns who, I think whatever claim Praetor has on Sarathiel (whether she was purchased or assigned to him) has already been made, seeing that Zehair and our former incubus have already been picked up and carted away by their master.<br/><br/>