Well, least the tigress was waking up, so once she was tied up Chess dragged her back up the hill with a smile on her face, figuring the naked woman could handle being dragged over gravel.  So up the hill she went again, and tied the woman to the nearest tree she could find up there.  Since the woman was babbling about some sort of music, she gave the woman a few taps on the side of the face, not enough to hurt her, but hopefully enough to keep her lucid.<br/><br/>"Wakey wakey my weretiger prey..." she cooed, her tone sickeningly sweet "You really think you can take out merchants like some highwayman?  Bad idea little girl... and if you think you can break out of this by shifting, I hope you enjoy ripping off your tits and testes too."