From the story archive · Fictional encounter
Touring a WWII submarine museum. Tight quarters, twenty tourists squeezed into the torpedo room. Tour guide is explaining how quiet submarines needed to be to avoid detection. That's when—PFFFT—my barking spider deploys its own depth charge.
The guide didn't miss a beat: "And THAT, folks, is why submarines had such sophisticated air filtration systems." Most historically accurate barking spider moment ever.