Are there species of spider with bites strong enough to do more than momentarily annoy a human? And are they able to survive in this sort of environment?
I believe I'm surrounded by a great number of them, and I'm having trouble gauging how much of a threat they actually are.
I don't like this.
Four
[Castiel whirls to face the great beast the moment it erupts from the snow, moves almost without thinking to put himself between it and his companion. He is a soldier of Heaven, after all, and he's crushed far grander foes than this pitiful worm.]
Go. I'll hold it off.
[But there's a snag - his hand twitches, trying to find a blade that isn't there. He searches through his eons-long memory for a relevant spell of banishment, but this is no creature of his world, and the power of Heaven no longer answers him. He tries to flare open his wings and move, gain some advantage through maneuverability, but they're gone, as gone as his sword and his grace and his power.
He's useless. Completely and totally useless, and stuck rooted to the spot as he stares down the grim realization for what must be the hundredth time today and also the giant arthropod for the first.]
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