The spider hissed and drew back, especially as the lantern archon illuminated the area, but it didn't flee. Instead, the (very) brief translated conversation explained that the phase spider, named Zzamas, had been driven from her lair by a band of xills - which he would know are the unquestionably evil rivals of the phase spiders, cruel beings that hunt their prey, not as food, but as incubators for their children.<br/><br/>If he can drive the xills away, she can reward him with a “fancy chest with stuff inside,” that she found in the Ethereal.