[Poppy]

It didn't click right away that this might have been one of the creatures that the tribal people had described in their stories to him. Benji was far too stunned to think of any logical reasoning behind all of this, but maybe there was none. Maybe this beast was real and maybe he wasn't dreaming; this seemed akin to that time Benji swore he saw a giant squid but couldn't be sure if he really had. It was real, it just didn't feel real. As Anansi continued to sift through his backpack, Benji scowled, taking the water that was thrown at him while eyeing the other food that was tossed to the ground warily. That was good food, food that Benji didn't think he could down right now. He felt too nauseous to do much of anything, and honestly he just wanted to sleep for a bit. The day of lost traveling had worn him out, but he couldn't close his eyes with this spider-human thing in his vicinity.

Benji reached out a hand to shove at Anansi when he was pushed back, a halfhearted and weary attempt to get some kind of leverage which clearly didn't work well. The idea of being eaten alive here was one of the more pushing things at the front of his mind right now, and the way this creature took its time in looking him over didn't sit well with him. If he was going to be food, he would much prefer to just get it over with right now instead of being looked at as if he could even be considered a meal. "I wouldn't taste good," Benji insisted, clutching at his shirt tightly. "You can have all my stuff, just show me out-"