It seems to suit him fine, as he doesn't slow or stumble any throughout their journey; he's just not thinking about it anymore and the long term repercussions, in his mind, will be minimal, partly because he still operates like the 'long term' has a maximum length of ten years. This is an improvement on the previous definition of 'long term', which was something like two years. If he ever gets beyond those measures, he will undoubtedly find time to regret a lot of things.

The spider and the comment don't get any response from him since he figures it wasn't an actual invitation to converse. Jason can't disagree with the sentiment and he's generally unappreciative of nature. Some ten minutes further on there's something rustling around behind ferns, but it hurries away as they approach, and by the sound, it is something low to the ground with at least four legs.