Pipeck pays his respects to the royal brothers and tells them the sad story of his banishment.  He explains that he has come of his own free will to the monkey camp to beg to be taken into the service of Phra Ram to fight in the campaign against his brother Totsagan.  It requires very little thought for the brothers to see the advantages of having a demon in their ranks, and after a minimum of discussion it is decided that Pipeck is to act as the royal soothsayer.  Furthermore, as he is the possessor of great occult powers, it is thought fitting that he shall be the guardian of the blessed water in which Ram's Promat arrow is lustrated.