Tarantulas sighs heavily, nearly slides right off the step from the way his weight settles. "And now you feel bad about it? You're really not selling the whole 'grr, I'm no hero' angle very well, you know?"

"Try looking at the bigger picture. You thought you were putting down a dangerous animal, right? Well, it is an animal -- all organics are. And it is dangerous. What difference does it make whether it's sapient or not?"