Klaus received a noncommittal shrug in response to the first question.

"He's not afraid of them," Ravel replied with a shake of his head. "But I can't imagine him being too happy with me letting them live in the office, right next to the bedroom." Shudder had an indulgent streak a mile wide, so long as you didn't push his buttons, but the Hotel was prime on the list of those buttons. The Hotel, and the safety and well-being of his guests. Ravel knew the spiders weren't a threat, but the patrons of the Hotel didn't seem to share his opinion on that.

At the second question Ravel hesitated a bit longer before replying. "Fine," he said at last. "Just getting back into the swing of cleaning. Plus...." He tipped the jar a bit to indicate his spider-ferrying. "Keeping busy. You?"