Baklan is overjoyed to hear these words, for when sentencing him for his misconduct, the celestial judge had said that his banishment should end when he was beaten in a conflict with a warrior of Phra Narai.  He hastens to explain this to Ongkot, throwing himself at his feet.  Palee's son recognizes the ring of truth about the story and performs the appropriate ceremony for returning the earthbound Baklan to heaven, that is, he strokes the monster's back from nape to tail and up he rises into the dark night air.