defective; return to sender

Things were getting scarier the longer time drew on, and Vanta took no time to grab up the cat gut and begin to clumsily tie stones to it's end, hoping it's translucent quality would make it harder to spy in the dark. "Okay, I'll do that part. You do the barricade?" She suggested, her tone (and working paws) shaking from fear. Azure's taunting echo did not help, though the sound was muted as Vanta's ears were permanently pressed tight to her skull. Hurrying each movement she looped the rope over and under the stone, through itself, then back left and right around the stone. Tying it as securely as she knew how, at speed that spoke to the prospect of an incoming cave bear of all things.

"Dad would kill him if he led us into a bear." The girl spoke hesitantly aloud, not just for Kite and her own benefit, but so the man might hear and realize too. If his intentions were truly that cruel. With the stones placed, Vanta began to string the first rope. Just high enough that she herself could not jump it nor crawl under it, encouraging the creature to hit it and trigger their sound trap.

"Speech"