Head tilted down just slightly as she watched Astrophel seem to battle himself. Jumping back and forth between one thing and another certainly intrigued Alecto. At least, it intrigued her enough to not kill him right at that moment. Catching his murmured comment, Alecto remains quiet and allows him to argue with himself.
Head lightly just slightly as he immediately snapped back into the rigid stance. Unclasping her hands from behind her, she holds her hand out so the spider can crawl into the palm of her hand. Moving over to one of the webs, she holds out her hand so the creature can retreat back.
With the spider off of her shoulder, Alecto finally moves closer to Astrophel, quickly closing the gap between them. "You know, one might say that hiding behind a controlled peon is a form of cowardice." A wicked grin curled on her lips, as she flicked the tip of her wand towards his nose playfully, a brief flicker of harmless green sparkles puff out of the tip just to attempt to get a rise out of him before Alecto moves back a few steps. Dark gaze remaining trained on the man and never taking it off.
Oh, she was just attempting to provoke him now. Whatever was inside of Astrophel left Alecto curious, and she wanted to know more. Who or rather what was controlling Astrophel, and why did Alecto desire to unleash that controller?