⚝ Intercepted At June 15, 2026
I. (Cont.)However, for people not used to seeing through a monocular, focusing can be a hurdle. Jadunath said in an embarassed manner, "Oh it is sky I'm seeing?", "Now?", "Still the sky.. No, no, I can see, so many trees. Ba, the trees got so near!"
Taking the monocular away from Jadunath and towards his own eyes again, Shashibhusan said, "some are dark in a shiny way, some have textured skin. There are tribes with an earthen complexion as well. The women of the Orang and the Lusai have different types of breastplates. The Kukis have an generally aggressive aura with the weapons in each's hand..."
He suddenly stopped narrating as he was viewing through the monocular. He focused in one corner and observed for a moment before murmuring "Strange! Strange!.."
Daylight is beginning to die, soon the window of capturing a well-exposed photograph would be over. The King exited the camera's black vessel and asked Shashibhusan as he stood up straight, "Mr. Singh, what strangeness have you seen?"
Shashibhusan said, "My Lord, would you too not be surprised were you to see a tiger cub in a flock of sheep? I'm seeing something like that."
The King raised his eyebrows a little, "Is that so? a cub?"
Shashibhusan replied, "Have a look here. Right there from the Lusai's tents, some measures behind from there."
As Shashibhusan tried to offer the King his monocular, a few of three or four present in the verandah got busy, "what are you doing?! what are you doing?!". The King smiled mildly and simply made a gesture with his hand. The Bengali gentleman did not know that the King does not touch objects used by others.
A servant quickly brought the King's own monocular.
The King aligned it with his viewing eye and began observing the Lusai entourage. A moment later he said, "hmm.. I see a light-skinned boy. Why did you think he is a cub?"
"It is just not the skin, look at the hair. He could be an English. Why is he here?"
The King said with his eye still on the monocular, "Could be the child of a missionary. Mr. Singh, I don't view my subjects as a flock of sheep. Why are you so bothered by a light-skinned boy?"
"Simply a metaphor, could be said in a different way. A snake in a garden. My Lord, I know that the missionaries have started spreading Christianity in your dominion. But have you invited them here? My Lord, I know the padres well, in my home, Krishnanagar, I have seen them.. in Kolkata too. They take gullible people into their churches. Are they sending their message into the King's capital as well?..."
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In memoriam Toshio Matsumoto Mk. 2 III / Shift III