"Aren't you guys free on this island?" I could almost hear the sigh in the spiders response, it could have been an actual sigh by the spider who was gigantic.
"This island is limited, eventually we'll run out of food, we need somewhere else with a bigger supply." It made sense though I didn't like the way the queen said "food" there was an implication for people. I mean sure they could and probably did eat animals, but once you've developed a taste for man I'm sure it's hard to give up that delicious human (not that I've ever eaten a person, that I'm aware of!)
"And you think I can set you free?" They had the boat, I don't know what they expected me to do, I mean I couldn't exactly burn the water away, well maybe I haven't tried to boil the ocean away, the logistics of that are surely mind boggling.
"The one who serves said you could arrange it." The one who serves, the one who burns, the one who cuts, good lord spiders need to figure out people have names! I was about to wonder who was the "one who serves" when he came strolling on up with a big grin on his face. It was Dumer, I should have known that weasely servant who I briefly met serving a fat man would have turned on humanity (not that I haven't turned on humanity, but you know not to giant freaking spiders Dumer! COME ON!)
"Hello Trezlan I see you have met our new allies." He spoke it, which was nice because all this mind talking was hurting my head. The queen withdrew up higher as if to let us speak in her huge cavern.
"Dumer why? Why in the gods name would you turn on us to the freaking spiders?"
"Why wouldn't I Trezlan? I'd rather serve them than asshole rich people!"
"The spiders freaking eat people Dumer."
"So do the rich, they just do a lot less chewing and you live longer." I wanted to kill Dumer, but there were spiders nearby and I figured if I killed him they'd kill me. I was completely mystified how he expected me to get the spiders off the island, or anything really. I looked around the cavern and walked out to the middle, up above was the queen her army of spiders still clinging to her body. I shivered at the thought of her eating me or any of them eating me.
"Dumer you're right I did find a way out for the spiders." I looked down below me and hoped it was actually water down there.
"Oh?"
"Yeah, but its a long way down." I gathered up my fire and launched it up above at the queen, I heard her scream in my brain as she burned and came crashing down below on the web which of course broke and sent us all crashing into the dark down below. I was laughing because holy shit my life sucks that plunging towards what I hoped was deep water with a burning giant spider and her retinue of little spiders just is so much how awful my life is.
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