Istrath raised her glass at the toast, but didn't say anything. Politics was not her idea of a meaningful pursuit, but she wouldn't be unco-operative if Abduxuel wished her to dive in.<br/><br/>"We certainly have enemies," she said, "as long as we are not as weak as we seem, then we can wait like a harpoon spider, reel them in and let them die slowly on our spines. Figuratively speaking."<br/><br/>She wasn't a fool by any standard, but if she had spiders in her mind more often than house politics, it was only because that was who she was. Her speciality was not out of profound religious devotion, though some saw it that way, and she couldn't argue that she must've been favoured by Lolth, but her fascination with spiders always seemed to come first.<br/><br/>"We will have to talk over your plan later, Antimony," she said. Istrath was not particularly political, it was true, but Antimony's immediate, and apparent, talent for political scheming was, troublesome. Istrath was drow, so she thought very little of possibly needing to kill her in order to make sure she never became a threat. Just because Istrath was politically weak, didn't mean she couldn't use her strengths to defend against the politically cunning. On the other hand, since she had a talent, Istrath could always take the time to learn from her, it would be interesting indeed.