// lore_entry
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A supernatural bargain wherein one must refrain from speaking or breaking silence to maintain an agreement with a spirit or entity, with violation resulting in immediate consequence or return to the supernatural realm
Psyche recounts the opening of the Vikram and Vetala mythology, where King Vikram retrieves a corpse from a haunted cremation ground and discovers it is inhabited by a shape-shifting spirit called a Vetala who agrees to accompany him on one condition: absolute silence.