Will It Be Poisonous?

Next morning early.

Gaius, Kong, Arthur and Daniel O'Connell board the Ryanair flight to Tenerife.

I'm glad you saw sense, Kong, says Gaius.

It wasn't sense that I saw, replies Kong.

We saw the low sun spotted with mystic horrors, says Arthur.

I didn't see that, says Kong.

Perhaps you should have eaten some breakfast, says Gaius.

You won't pique me, says Kong

Into what? asks Daniel O'Connell.

He knows Kong missed the buffet.

No doubt Ryanair will provide us with a sandwich, says Kong.

A reasonable expectation, says Gaius.

They sit down in their row.

Take off.

We must hire bicycles once we get there, says Gaius. Will you see to that, Arthur?

Arthur is slumped down in his seat, not listening.

Excuse me, says Daniel O'Connell. Where are we going, that we shall need bicycles?

Here and there, says Gaius, Poking about in warm dry sunny places. We might try the Parque Naturale.

My relatives will be urban dwellers, says Daniel O'Connell. I can assure you.

Leave the natural history to me, says Gaius.

Daniel O'Connell has had enough of Gaius's lofty attitude.

Count me out, says Daniel O'Connell.

He climbs into the Rooibos box, fetches his noble felt wide brimmed Don Quixote hat, plonks it on his head, and climbs out again.

Where are you going? asks Kong.

Nowhere, says Daniel O'Connell. And this hat is proof of that statement.

Representatively speaking, says Arthur, waking up from his dream of long violet clots of light on waves quivering far off....

You are on a plane, says Gaius. You cannot be not going anywhere. QED.

I think what he's trying to say is..... says Kong.

Sandwich, tea, coffee?  asks the flight attendant.

Sandwich, says Kong.

The flight attendant produces a sandwich.

She leans over Arthur, to hand it to Kong.

She spots Daniel O'Connell in his Don Quixote hat, his pale green legs stiff with the decision not to go anywhere.

Is that a SPIDER? asks the flight attendant.

Yes, says Gaius. It is a registered specimen. We are scientists. OUCH!

It's the first time Daniel O'Connell has bitten a human.

Will it be poisonous?