 Instead of being incarcerated in the dog pound, however, he and the other captured dogs are brought to Muntinlupa, where the specialty is asocena (a dish the main ingredient of which is dog meat).Upon arrival at the dognappers' lair, the dogs are exhibited to prospective buyers, and coincidentally, Mang Dagul, Polgas' master, is on hand to make a purchase.Polgas has to contort his face in order not to be recognized and his cover blown.