"What, the slicing?" Jo asked with a laugh. "As ling as you're not slicing up people, you won't get any complaints from me. Especially if any more of them are up there. "Arachnes usually take people thst they feel could make a good mate. They feed on those who don't seem a good match, turn the one who does, and make a whole lot of creepy spider-babies, so chances are pretty good that you're right-I won't like what we find up there. But someone's got to take care of this. A few of these creatures running around the City could be devastating to the population."
She gave him a little half-smile.
"Thanks for showing up when you did."
She really didn't want to think about how it might have gone if he hadn't.