Sloane watched both the spider and her best friend out of the corners of her eyes between paragraphs. Bertram was watching them curiously, and she subconsciously leaned into Lester comfortably, amused as he used a pause in her reading to introduce himself. The spider acknowledged with a click of his pincers, but nothing more. Sloane was still learning to read some of his mannerisms, but he was peculiar either way.

She read for about ten minutes, plenty of time to finish their section in the book and for Lester to observe the acromantula up close. Sloane thought he was a little more impressive in the daylight, he was quite large, though not as big as she'd heard they could grow. Putting the bookmark in where she stopped, Sloane smiled at Lester. "What do you think?" As much as she'd been looking forward to the events tonight, Sloane was pleased by the turn of events leading to these few quiet minutes.