She did indeed make a “little scream”, which I would have described as a “squawk”. She jumped up.

I thought she was having some kind of vivid nightmare and was running off to kill the zombies or something. I did something that might be interpreted as “hug” but was actually more like “subdue”.

She managed to get out “there’s a spider” and the hunting began.

Two inches is a little alarmist, I think. I’d say a shade over one inch body.