"Those weren't day creatures." She told him, her eyes narrowed.
"...trust him..."Roland shouted in her mind
Anansi frowned at that. Trust him? That couldn't be right, but she trusted Roland.
"Are you sure?" She thought to him, watching the man in the cells.
She had to remember that humans could tell untruths so perhaps Roland was mistaken. Her own instincts told her not to trust him. He was dark, even she could sense that, but if Roland trusted him, then perhaps she could learn to, even though he try to
"Now, you won't even kill me. You keep me here in this cage, like an animal to leer at. Is that it, glowing one? Have you come to gawk at a righteous man?" He spat, causing Anansi to huff.
"Righteous is not the word I would use for you, self-righteous, perhaps" She shot back before she enhanced her calm. "What would killing you accomplish? It would make you a martyr and us the monsters, we are not. We just want to live, same as you, most of us wish to share this world. We kept to ourselves, it was you would invaded our lands, for fear of us, but we fear you just the same." She said, and cocking her head, she knelled down, her hands on his cell. She narrowed her eyes, trying to use her magic for empathy to reach him. He gave her chills but something was blocking her from truly reaching. Much like it was with her aunt, she could never tell what her aunt was feeling, and it was the same with him, which only meant one thing.
He was hiding something.
"You don't really believe such things, do you?" She asked him. "That we are monsters, if that were true, you'd fear us, or take your own life before letting us capture you, you are after something?" She said, with a shocked expression. "What is it that you want?"