Story 183 Things that go 'Click' in the Night Told By Proteus

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Proteus had another drink and told me this tale: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Years ago I was quite the Hunter." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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~ "I'd utilize many different shapes to capture my prey instead of just going 

for the brute strength approach." ~
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~ "One of my favorites was to morph into a king size spider, and use its 

abilities to ensnare my victim in a web." ~
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~~~~~ "Very fun indeed, but it's not a shape I teach my students myself." ~~~~
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Instead, they must earn it for themselves." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~~~ Proteus then turned towards me bearing fangs, with a venomous grin. ~~~~
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