```ruby
require 'opal/hike_path_finder'

module Opal
  class PathReader
    def initialize(file_finder = HikePathFinder.new)
      @file_finder = file_finder
    end

    def read(path)
      full_path = expand(path)
      return nil if full_path.nil?
      File.open(full_path, 'rb:UTF-8'){|f| f.read}
    end

    def expand(path)
      if Pathname.new(path).absolute? || path =~ %r{\A\.?\.#{File::SEPARATOR}}
        path
      else
        file_finder.find(path)
      end
    end

    def paths
      file_finder.paths
    end

    def append_paths(*paths)
      file_finder.append_paths(*paths)
    end

    private

    attr_reader :file_finder
  end
end
```

Use Opal::REGEXP_START in path reader
user
```ruby
require 'opal/regexp_anchors'
require 'opal/hike_path_finder'

module Opal
  class PathReader
    RELATIVE_PATH_REGEXP = %r{#{Opal::REGEXP_START}\.?\.#{File::SEPARATOR}}

    def initialize(file_finder = HikePathFinder.new)
      @file_finder = file_finder
    end

    def read(path)
      full_path = expand(path)
      return nil if full_path.nil?
      File.open(full_path, 'rb:UTF-8'){|f| f.read}
    end

    def expand(path)
      if Pathname.new(path).absolute? || path =~ RELATIVE_PATH_REGEXP
        path
      else
        file_finder.find(path)
      end
    end

    def paths
      file_finder.paths
    end

    def append_paths(*paths)
      file_finder.append_paths(*paths)
    end

    private

    attr_reader :file_finder
  end
end
```
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