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Griset's winged Baital springs away from Raja Vikram and his son into a night crowded with grotesque creatures.
At the end of the second story, the Baital enrages Vikram by invoking an unwelcome memory after the king delivers a judgement about men and women.
After another escape and recapture, Vikram decides that walking while solving the Baital's riddles may be confusing him.
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