IX the Chamelions & the Eels ( deuxieme partie ) thus the Chamelions ( who could change colours in the most variegated of manner, as the ten - thousand petaled lotus flower melting as honeyed Iris within the milky way of the animal Eye ) fell victim to these electrocution Attacks of the Sophoclean Eels , until finally the White One was petitioned by the Nine Ancients as to how best avoid the almost certain extinction of the chamelions ... ( it should be noted that the Chamelions, so named not only because of their colour changing, chamelion - like abilities which in truth far exceeded the modern day chameleon in the variance and complexity of colour changing which could be achieved , but also due to their mane - like "feelers" which extended as faint auburn wisps from their Head and resembled faintly the mane of the African lion, thus chame - lion ) after nine days and nine nights the White One emerged from Wultalterye and caused that a great Cage be constructed on the Ocean Floor made of Kufaru fibers and the oils of a giant Seaslug formed into the shape of a great Hemisphere with the Fibers crisscrossed in such a Way that only small squares exposed the interior of the Dome . . . then to the great Alarm of the octopus nations the White One caused that nine of their most physically sound and beautifully formed chamelions be placed within this great cage, with the Kufaru fibers cemented into the ocean floor with great Rocks even rocks that once positioned in place would not be able to be lifted away by the strongest of their number or even their entire species working together in concert . . . |