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have the ability to poison people.
    Some of us were changed using the blood of a spider talented at mimicking.  These people can make their eyes seem human, they can blend in better.
    Those whose transformation involved the blood of a Black Widow are a threat to their partners.
    “Which are you?”  I ask.
    “Tarantula,” he says breezily.  “I don’t poison people though. I made that choice a while back.”
    He hasn’t taken his eyes off the tarantula since we came in here. 
    He explains that Arachnes are always enchanted by the spider they are related to. 
    “Which am I?”  I hope that he knows.
    He doesn’t.  Nate didn’t examine the blood before it was used on me. 
    Daniel tells me not to worry.  It will probably become obvious before long anyway.   
    I leave them staring at the tarantula and wonder through the rest of the reptile house.
    The Iguana looks at me funny.  I have a paranoid moment where I think he knows that I’m not human.
    I would like to be related to the mimicking group, I think. 
    I’d be able to make my eyes green again. 
    This would make me feel a lot more human. 
    I like my blue eyes, but they do serve as a constant reminder that I am something new now.
    Then a new creature catches my eyes.
    I am instantly fascinated.  It seems so majestic and wonderful.
    I don’t understand how anyone could look at anything else in here.
    A spider.
    It is a sleek black colour with a red hourglass marking on its abdomen. 
    The red contrasts so perfectly with the black. 
    Nature has designed its legs perfectly.  The ends of them jut out like little black swords, deadly and beautiful.  
    I don’t even notice the others catching up on me.
    I ask Angelica to take a look at this spider.  It just has to be the best creature in the world, nothing could possibly beat it.
    She doesn’t seem to share my enthusiasm.
    She does look extremely amused though, “Do you like this one, Katy.”
    “Yeah!”  I exclaim, “How could you not love it?”
    She laughs.   Then she br ushes my hair away from my neck.
    “Nate, look,” she says, her voice heavy with glee.  “On the back of her neck . . . the hourglass symbol!”
    Nate comes over to inspect, looking extremely sceptical.  It’s as if he thinks Angelica is trying to play some sort of trick on him.
    I don’t pay much attention to either of them.  I am still far more interested in the spider than in anything else going on around me.
    Nate seems amazed, “That’s so rare.”
    Angelica sounds delighted, “I know.  Isn’t it just brilliant?  I just have to tell Daniel!  Hey, Danny, Come Over Here!”
    Daniel walks over, look ing quite reluctant to leave the tarantula.
    “Looks like we’ve got ourselves a Black Widow here,” Angelica tells him.
    I am still looking at the spider, “Yes, she’s wonderful.  Isn’t she?”
    There is a silence after I say this.
    My attention is finally drawn away from the spider by Daniel’s voice.
    He sounds more than a little shocked, “She wasn’t talking about the spider, Katy.  She was talking about you .”
    What does he mean?  I’m a black widow?
    For a moment I don’t understand.
    Then it dawns on me.
    I was changed by Black Widow blood.
    This surprises me .
    I think of this spider in the wild, the way she just kills her mate heartlessly.
    I remember what Daniel said earlier about the human version also being a danger to their mates.
    This isn’t good news.
    Angelica walks off; obviously thinking that her work is done.
    “Daniel, what does this mean?”  I ask.
    He inhales deeply, “Let’s go to lunch and we’ll talk about it . . .”
    I know by his tone.
    This really isn’t good.
    *
    That night I write all about my lunch with Daniel in my diary.
    We got a small table for ourselves at a burger place.  I was pleased that we were away from the rest of the group, in a way.  It’s always nice to get some time alone.
    He explained everything to me.  Being with a human version