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Saturn Girl
("You need to love yourself first Jeffrey. However, focus on trying to stay alive right now, we need your help until IT arrives!") Saturn Girl told him telepathically, focused on engaging Henshaw.
"I...I...wow."
Jeff the Spider, spending most of his life searching for parental affection and finding none, was shocked that a stranger would give him such kind words, straight to his brain!
"You know, maybe you're right. I have to start being able to stand on my own eight feet. Everyone I hope to call my parents end up either lying to me or wanting nothing to do with me. But if I build myself up, validate myself through my OWN actions, I can start my OWN family and give what was never given to-"
...INCOMING JEFFREY INCOMING ANOTHER ISLANDER SWOOPS IN...
"Jeffrey...where are you? Clearly the invaders remain, or the sounds of fighting would not be heard. What are you doing over there? Did you not hear the roar of the King of King's? I am getting too old to keep rescuing you my son."
"Aragog! Listen, it's okay! I don't need you to look after me anymore! For once in my life I'm taking charge of my own GOSH-DANG DESTINY! And I'm starting with helping to end this!"
He skittered atop a nearby rock.
"These people aren't here to hurt us, and if these monsters would just listen they'd see that."
"But how can you know this to be fact Jeffrey?"
Aragog was taken aback by this sudden show of will and certainty, two things Jeff always seemed to lack.
"Trust me, Aragog. I'd bet my heart and soul and spinner on this. But I need your help. Call your other children! They need our numbers or they'll be overwhelmed!"
Aragog thought dusty thoughts. Complexities, complexities. To see such change though, and with a spider like Jeffrey...
"Jeffrey, I trust that heart of yours more than any word from any mouth."
The hairs on Aragog's ancient back bristled and a cry careened across Monster Island. Hundreds of Acromantula sons and daughters scurried and crawled out of shrubs and logs and trees, some descending from the canopy above to directly onto unfortunate monsters' heads. Such an injection of chaos and disorientation might be exactly what our heroes need!
With a *SWIKT*, Jeff the Spider latched a thick thread of web onto a runaway Xenomorph and swung it in the Cyborg Manhunter's direction!
"In the name of SELF-LOVE!"