I - I mean - my father was a glasmpauki but my mother was human, so...? [Does that answer her question?

Every muscle tensed, he continued to back up, slipping his earring into his pocket without taking his unblinking blue eyes off of her. Is she asking if he's literally a spider? If he's glasmpauki? He doesn't know, but he does know exactly where this talk usually led, historically speaking.]

I'm not loyal to anybody except my parents. My adopted parents, I mean. They're humans. They're... the best humans, and the best parents, anyone could ever ask for. They don't deserve to lose their son to someone else's caution.