Nose deep in her book, she felt a tickling on her cheek. Looking down at herself, she saw its wriggly legs. Tracy sprung up, swatted her face, and rushed to the other side of the room to get a better look at the creature.
But nothing. Maybe she'd killed it.
Moments later, she sighed in relief.
Back at her book, a shape on the ceiling above her caught her eye. She stood to look closer. There was a web there with perfectly legible words. She mouthed the words silently, trembling.
"Goodbye, cruel world!"