"It must be sacred of us..." Hershel tried, relaxing just a little because yes, maybe it wasn't a cold blooded sack of shit just waiting for revenge. He was seriously nervous about an octopus, what the hell. "We did... well, eat it." And it was delicious, come at me octopus.

Shaking his head he glanced back to Heiji, unable to shake the feeling he was still being watched behind all that darkness. "This is a rather nice room compared to the others, at least. Spiders, honestly..." He sighed, glancing over at the- "Is that a pond?" He asked, heading over to check it out first hand.