This chapter opens with a soliloquy by the beast king. The king's brother, the older brother of the beast, is named "Dilucio" . The older brother is called "Ganymede" , which means "little monkey." The king says that his name belongs to "the beast king," and that his brother is "Ganomede," meaning "big brother." He says that Ganomede is a commoner like him, and that he is grating on his ears with his screeching. He tells the king that he does not intend to play with him for long, but that he only has one thing for him to say to him: "in a way that is as hell." He asks the king if he has heard about the "dispute for the throne," and the king replies that he has not. He then says that the fated pair of wolves, which the king has named "gata" and "varuna," are "fated" and should not be allowed to speak to him. He says he will test the wolf's knowledge of the dispute by sniffing the wolves' mouths. The wolf says that he doubts that the king would use a fated man like him for sexual relief, but then he says, "It seems you