Deep down in the dark abyss,
one finds the felis tenebris.
A polymorphic group of creatures
who all share some common features:
- Black, and roughly feliform
(though deviation from this norm
is “not unheard of”, an aside:
it hasn’t yet been verified) - Adaptability to pressure;
some can swim the depths at leisure;
others, buoyant as a bubble,
reach the surface without trouble - Both aquatic and terrestrial
- Playful but, when threatened, bestial
- Greatly variable in size
- Whitish, luminescent eyes
- Active mostly during night
- Sometimes (?) capable of flight
- Sentient, and quite creative
(range from mad to cogitative)
All else unknown at time of writing.
If you don’t count marks from biting,
my attempts have yielded naught –
for a shadowcat cannot be caught!