<span>The subtleties of life inside a bat colony can be found in a short piece by Margaret Atwood, titled My Life Inside A Bat Colony. The main subtlety mentioned in the piece is a bat's preference for "the subtleties of dawn and dusk", as opposed to the bright sun of the main part of the day. Another subtlety mentioned is a bat's fear of being tangled in human hair.</span>
Odysseus expresses great sorrow when he visits the Land of the Dead. Odysseus sees his mother's ghost along with the rest of the dead and begins to weep.
Viswamithra comes to take Rama with him on his quest to Sidhasrama in "Rama's Initiation". This reveals that Rama has been chosen because instead of requiring for the king himself he asks for his son Rama. Rama does not have much of a choice becoming a hero because the sage puts him in the situation to become a hero.