"Oh? If that's the case, then I'm not sure I should be charging you for the time." Left unspoken is that Tarantulas could have just asked to meet and talk. Erik is taking it, from how Tarantulas won't meet his eyes, that he already feels some sort of shame about this false appointment.

"Yes, I was. In that dream, I was a young, human, boy. I'm afraid I don't remember you from it. Why do you bring it up?"