Chapitre 114: Return to Ifa-ile

  Verily, at the end of the words of the spirit being unto Baki had then become conscious again yet in their spirit dance and it was thus at this moment that Baki realized though in his vision, he had gone into the spirit world, his body remained yet on earth and more so in the palace where he had done the dance. 

If he had looked at the father royal, which indeed he did and he had seen him still dancing though consciously and only for this reason had he not stopped also. For he had not known the reason the father royal still remained dancing at the moment but it gradually became clear to him that the dance that has a beginning must also have an end. 

And in this way had the drummers of the dance of the spirit and flute players and had slowly started to slow down their tempo which caused the slow movement of the father royal and at the instant that Baki beheld this had he also danced at this moment slowly.