Snakes on a Plane

You spy the leader of the infesting animals and, using your expert hand-eye coordination and the item you picked up at Duplicitous Dan's shop, you wound it non-fatally through the tail.  The poor creature, no longer able to control its movements, drifts toward you.  You pluck it out of the water and notice a slightly soggy but surprisingly legible note tied around it.  You remove the note, then drop the animal into a bucket of water which you give to Mudster.

 "I knew you'd figure it out," you read.  "For your next stop you must visit the beast known as the radwulf at the corner of Tubular St. and Alpha Ave.  But watch out for his ________________!"

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