It was a trading day in the capital of the Baharuth Empire, and the markets were filled with people from peasants to merchants and slave traders. Slaves were everywhere, some pulling carts, others carrying their masters, still others helping to arrange goods, and still others sitting in cages waiting to be purchased. Free people were selling and buying what they needed. In one stall, a naked woman with plump curves lay on the ground, a saddle on her back and a bridle in her mouth. By all indications, she was a well-trained riding slave, recently sold. The vender next to the stall was loudly hawking his wares and slapping the woman's buttocks like real cattle

Vender: "Come and buy! Offer 1 in a million! You won't find such good cattle anywhere else!"

The woman groaned, but the bit in her mouth prevented her from saying normal, separate words, only a cattle-like mooing