Oh, there has been a misunderstanding! Jeannette will clear it up.

"I don't doubt such people exist," she informed him, also watching the monsters stroll by. "But saying that all of them will feast upon humans - it denies free will! Can you truly see a small boy with a dog eating someone?"

How sweet the pair look together, really. Perhaps the spider is his guardian. Monsters really do seem to be people just like anyone else - and if they were originally human, all the more reason to believe that.