watching the fires burn through the oracles , spreading in three directions at once , chariah observed the miniature simulacrum of the oneirophage in the glowing projections of the omnibeast 's innards , fleeing through the labyrinths as flames roared and smoke billowed around him , as passages flashed open and slammed shut and entire corridors and chambers rotated and writhed and crawled within the spaceship , bearing the frantic oneirophage in their clutches .