"I agreed, for how could I say 'no' to my savior? He easily outwitted me, hiding four pieces up his sleeve, wh

"I agreed, for how could I say 'no' to my savior? He easily outwitted me, hiding four pieces up his sleeve, while I only managed to brush one off the table and stash another one in my pocket. I ordered my guards to seize the vanara and put him in chains, as I had no wish to give up my throne. But by dawn the monk had fled his prison. — He'd used his tongue to lick a hole in his manacles. I knew then that the monk was Ragdya, the monkey god, a sage, a petty thief, and the lover of a hundred brides. Trust me, for I have met many gods, and know of what I speak. I gave Ragdya my throne along with my apologies, and set out to wander."