I said (I have absolutely no idea if this is anything close to what he meant) that the "walking with spiders" line made me think of what someone (not main character, someone else) says in Crime and Punishment, how maybe the afterlife is just a dark room with spiders.
Not sure if this is an accurate quote, but found this online:
“We're always thinking of eternity as an idea that cannot be understood, something immense. But why must it be? What if, instead of all this, you suddenly find just a little room there, something like a village bath-house, grimy, and spiders in every corner, and that's all eternity is. Sometimes, you know, I can't help feeling that that's what it is.” And it was Svidrigailov (sp depends on translation)
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