"Eight," he said, although this was the arena and it was a giant spider. He wouldn't be at all surprised if it had more or fewer.

"I'll do my best," he said, as he whacked at a leg and then went for another. He narrowly dodged a claw that was trying to hold onto him. "They can run pretty fast," he said, a little breathless, "we need to kill it." Enough injuries would do the job, but he was hoping she had something better than tools to hit it with.