Kanjira: The Demon King is unbelievable. He's got ten heads.
Kaalaa Baunaa: The Nectar of Immortality has made the Demon King almost impossible to kill, and these ten heads represent his ten vices.
Shamane: My master once told me that everyone has ten heads.
Kanjira: For real ...!?
Shamane: Ahem! Question! Why did Rama seek penance after cutting off the Demon King's heads?
Matilda: I know! Uh, the text says, "Rama sought penance, for he had taken a life."
Kanjira: But he killed the Demon King, right?
Kaalaa Baunaa: When Rama killed the Demon King, he also killed a "mortal."
Shamane: Because the Demon King himself was also a king, a scholar, a faithful devotee, and a mortal.
Kanjira: What do you mean?
Shamane: His ten heads represented jealousy, greed, selfishness … All of these are the vices of mortals.
Shamane: He despised mortals, so he did not seek divine protection against mortals' harm.
Kaalaa Baunaa: But eventually, it was Rama, a mortal, who overcame his vices and killed him—the mortal killed the mortal.
Shamane: Not bad. This is also my understanding of the Ramayana.
Kaalaa Baunaa: It's said that Valmiki, the author of the Ramayana, once made a living as a pickpocket.
Kanjira: …!
Kaalaa Baunaa: But one day, realization struck. He began to gather tales about Rama and edited them into a collection.
Kaalaa Baunaa: He wrote the Ramayana and read it aloud before Rama.
Kaalaa Baunaa: Rama promised Valmiki that so long as the mountains and seas endure, so long shall the Ramayana be read by men.
Shamane: Haha, it's never too late to "cut off the heads."
Kanjira: Uggh ...
The girl looks out into the distance, her face inscrutable. On the street corner, a familiar figure melts into the lively crowd.
Kanjira: It's the newsboy.
She hesitates for a second and dashes to the street corner.
Kaalaa Baunaa: Kanjira?
Kanjira: I returning something to him. Be right back!
The group watches her disappear around the corner and sighs in resignation.
Shamane: Ha, that girl always does things on the spur of the moment.
Ajar: ... Oh!
The boy standing aside raises his eyebrows and bursts into laughter, as though he has realized something.
Ajar: I think Boss is ready to "cut off the heads"!
