AWH, YEAH. HE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR AN EXCUSE TO BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF A BUG.

Don't think Zack hadn't expected some kind of reaction to his very biting insult to Spinarak, and he half grabbed, half smacked the thing in midair with an angry shout.

"Get back!!"

... A few yards away, a previously uninterested Angela's ears perk and she raises her head, staring at the crisis unfolding in alarm. HEY. That spider wasn't allowed to do that to her attendant trainer!

Whining in agitation, she uncoiled her body and left the Poliwag to play amongst themselves.