"Oh! You can talk."

I mean he should have expected it, really. Kumoko has a humanoid mouth and everything now.

"It's no trouble, I figured it might be rough to have trouble communicating with others. Especially when mortals might find you frightening. I wasn't even going to try entering the city, what with my feet being constantly on fire and all. I've been called Hellspawn before, it's not a stretch to think the inhabitants of the city would think the same."

Gods, why does he have to think about Theseus right now?