Leia allowed the bug to crawl onto her hand, stroking its back as carefully and gently as she could with one fingertip.

"I can talk to animals too," she said. "And not just bugs. Sometimes there's spiders and things, but its usually the mice at the castle. And one time, a peacock! But he was only there because Mr. Dreamfinder brought him."

"That does sound really hard though," she said sounding impressed with Lydia's debate skills. "It's hard enough to solve an argument between people, never mind spiders."