A short story based on an alleged Malay myth (I say "alleged", because Jorge Luis Borges seems to be about the only authority for it), about a mythical being known as the Á Bao A Qu, or Abang Aku. It rests on the lowest step of the Tower of Victory in Chittorgarh, waiting for the person who can ascend the tower in its entirety, so that it may
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