Kim Chapter 13 Part 2

In which a curious assembly of travellers encounters a venerable lama expounding the Wheel of Life, and a rash act of violence disrupts their uneasy peace, stirring fears and fierce loyalties among the hill folk. The aftermath sees plans forged in whispers and whisky, as alliances and loyalties twist quietly beneath the shadowed pines, with Kim caught amid these tense and mysterious games of power.