At the Helm

The boy seemed sincere, thoughts in paucity; And the Once-ler wondered when on Earth he/ Changed from a Once-ler into The Once-ler. He turned to the boy to whom he'd defer.「I will call you by my Whisper-ma-Phone, for the secrets I tell you are for your ears alone.」- Greed-ler/Once-ler, Once-ler/Lorax