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she understood, because she was in the same position. there were weird people out there, she was well aware of that, but she’d never run into any. peter was the first. though, she seemed a little more stunned by it all, rather than excited, like he was. hopefully the excited part would come eventually, she was still frozen, per usual.

“oh, uh, yeah. were you not?” eyebrows furrow slightly. this part was new. she had just assumed that everyone with powers like this had to be born with them. though, apparently she was wrong to do so. “how do you get powers?”

peter’s enthusiasm came with learning. he’d always been like that, sometimes it wasn’t always a good thing. a reconcile followed in his head, wanting to keep his curiosity at bay, mainly for both of their sake.

❛ it’s a long story, actually. ❜ he spoke with a nervous laugh. how was one supposed to explain that sort of occurrence ? that he was just conveniently bitten by a radioactive spider and he then had the physiology of one ? sounded good enough. ❛ basically uh … long story short, i was bit by this mutated spider and now i can climb walls. ❜