Pleased he had managed to intrigue her, as she was more intriguing than anyone he had ever met, Syd nodded at her request. There was no real etiquette here, not like with a hippogriff (their hippogriff, Frannie, was particularly nonchalant about it, but she was around people often), but he appreciated the decorum.

"Bertram," he called as he moved over to the bars separating the enclosure from the. "I'd like you to meet a friend of mine. This is Miss Porphyria Dempsey." The spider hadn't moved until Syd mentioned her name and suddenly he was rousing himself from his nap spot to make his way over.

"Porphyria?" He asked, eight eyes peering curiously at the newcomer. "As in Porphyria's Lover?"

Suddenly Syd felt as though he was about to be made into a uncultured fool.