[Normally that would be enough for the scientist to backpedal with small apologies, were it not for the bombshell of:]
"You FED me?"
[The arachne throws an utterly aghast look at the remaining portion of the meal Black Hat had APPARENTLY, charitably been supplying him with. Flug would hardly believe it, had he not woken up while the man was doing just that!]
"Black Hat.. you know I can go a few days without eating, right? I used to all the time." [He always had his suspicions that his employer had no concept of what basic needs a human being had, but..!]
"One or two days asleep without food wouldn't have killed me."
[He needs to be sure you know this. Has Black Hat done this before? For how long?! Then again.. it is hard for Flug to say when he last ate. Why doesn't he remember what he had after drinking tea?…]
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"You FED me?"
[The arachne throws an utterly aghast look at the remaining portion of the meal Black Hat had APPARENTLY, charitably been supplying him with. Flug would hardly believe it, had he not woken up while the man was doing just that!]
"Black Hat.. you know I can go a few days without eating, right? I used to all the time." [He always had his suspicions that his employer had no concept of what basic needs a human being had, but..!]
"One or two days asleep without food wouldn't have killed me."
[He needs to be sure you know this. Has Black Hat done this before? For how long?!
Then again.. it is hard for Flug to say when he last ate. Why doesn't he remember what he had after drinking tea?…]