it would be so silly if Spider decided to bond with the most random sea creature upon settling in at the Metkayina village. like. ilu's are cool and tsurak are badass. but give my boy an octopus buddy or something. they'd be besties.
Imagine her seeing lo'ak jump off the rock to ride his ilu, and then swimming off into the dark. she didn't know if he would come back, or if anyone would come back at all. she just had to stay with her bestfriends corpse with only hope in her hands