Vanessa looked up but found nothing unusual. She scratched her head in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"Didn't you see the web up there?"
"Yeah, your old Library had webs too, just spread across the floor. What's wrong with that? Can't you spiders walk upside down?"
"Wh-what spider! I'm not a spider!" Victoria planted her hands on her hips and glared up at Vanessa. "I can walk upside down, but my skirt can't! It'll hang down!"
Vanessa's eyes widened. She genuinely hadn't thought of that detail.
"Then... how about putting the web on the floor?"
"I could, but..."
Victoria looked at the gleaming tiles beneath her feet and bit her lip.
The floor of her own Library was covered in webs. It wasn't neat or pretty at all, and the spider silk was soft and didn't feel as nice underfoot as floor tiles.
She lightly tapped the floor with the toe of her little leather shoe, producing a crisp click. She adored that wonderful feeling.
That was also one of the reasons she had moved the floor tiles first.
Vanessa noticed her reluctance. After a moment's thought, her eyes suddenly lit up.
"Victoria, your hair can turn into threads, right?"
Victoria froze, then hurriedly gathered her long golden hair into her arms and eyed Vanessa warily. "What are you trying to do now?"
Vanessa felt rather helpless. All she'd done was swipe some paper, pens, snacks, tables, chairs, and furniture from the Library. Why was Victoria so wary of her?
It wasn't as if she could take her hair too, was it?
"I mean, since you can turn your hair into threads, why do you have to step on the web?"
"You could just attach your hair to the web and walk around suspended from it!"
"That way, even though