O diálogo que se segue abre a primeira parte de "Arcadia", "Bloody Poetry", a segunda história de The Invisibles. A conversa acontece na Índia, onde King Mob e seus guia assistem a apresentação de um dalang.

- Arjuna is a prince of Pandava brothers. Krishna an incarnation of lord Vishnu, in his charioteer.

And here is Duryana, an enemy of Arjuna. This Mahabhaarata is the story of a big fight between the Pandavas and the Kuruvas.

See how each has his own movement and way of speak. This is the work of the dalang. Very clever man, very skilled.

- That´s the puppeteer, right?

- Ah, yes, yes. The Dalang. He makes the voices and moves the puppets. He directs the gamelan musicians. His job is to make us laugh and cry. Very clever man. The dalang is more than a puppeteer.

His skill makes us believe that we see a war between two great armies, but there is no war. There is only the dalang. (RSF)