[ yeugh. still -- if spiders were the worst of it?

she tried not to feel envious. she tried, instead, to feel glad for those left in the village. ]

Spiders aren't so bad. In the long run -- I mean, they're monstrous. But they take care of the even worse bugs. But I guess you still wouldn't want a surplus of them.

[ boy did she ever feel like a spider sometimes. ]