They all look like shadows, since their outline are fuzzy. This must be the shadow Khattam- Shud!
Haroun, Iff, and Butt got captured by the Chupwalas once they reached the south pole. They are being taken to the ship of the cult master Khattam- Shud.
SSS!(Here is that bird's brain, sir)
Spies. What a tiresome dilemma.
The chupwalas remove the brain from Butt the Hoopoe and then escort Haroun and Iff up to the deck of Khattam-Shud's ship. During this time, Iff secretly give Haroun a Bite-A-Lite which would given off light for 2 minutes when bit into.
I know you! You are that measly, weaselly Mr. Sengupta, the one who ran away with my mother!
He's not Mr.Sengupta Haroun
Stories misguide people and put make them believe false things!
What is the use of stories at aren't even true?
On Khattam- Shud's ship there are multiple pots holding poison. Tubes and machines are being used to dump that poison into the Ocean of the Stream of Stories.
Come join me as I give you a tour of all these machines here.
On the ship, Haroun notices that Khattam-Shud and the chupwalas all have shadowy outlines as though they aren't completly shadows or humans.
Khattam- Shud explains how stories misguide people and lead to trouble. Haroun then realizes that Khattam-Shud may actually be Mr. Sengupta but Iff views that as impossiable.
Khattam- Shud gives Haroun and Iff a tour of all the machines and processes he is using to create a anti-story for each story in the ocean.