Chapter 252: Chapter 252: Knowing Me Is What Matters [bonus]
Regulus didn't shine the light again. Baruk froze, all eight eyes locked on him, forelegs lifting, dropping, tapping, dropping.
The corner of his mouth twitched. "You want the real thing?"
Baruk was quiet for a moment. His chelicerae opened and closed several times, producing faint clicks. "Yes."
"Last time... the feeling... it faded..." Something unnameable threaded through his voice. "Father Aragog... stronger than me... I didn't... change..."
"You know last time was fake?"
"Know." Baruk's foreleg tapped the ground once. "Want... real... not... fake..."
Regulus studied him.
A spider, injected with a temporary dose of arrogance via Light Source Magic, had developed ambition.
The logic was absurd. But it held.