~ It is amazing to watch this Proteus fellow. Every few seconds he would just
change form, without any effort at all. I listened in awe as he told another
tale: ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Across the realms there are many great creatures." ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ "I'm not sure if even I understand how it is done, but I have been able to
absorb the knowledge of some of these great beasts by defeating them in battle." ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ "I shared this same knowledge with one of my students. He spent most of his
time at sea, aboard his ship, sailing the great seas. Some even say he was a
pirate." ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ "In his voyages he heard rumors of a great beast of the sea. A beast so
massive that it could pull ships below the surface and fold them in half like
paper." ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ "My student was awed by the stories he heard of this great beast. He lusted
for the beasts power, he wanted to be the beast..." ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ "I know not if he ever succeeded in his quest. But it makes you wonder,
doesn't it?" ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______________________________________________________________________________ Mission Control Mission Control
Notes:
Assumes shifter shape Kraken due to Proteus and description of Kraken