I will assume that Telthor didn't get impatient for a few minutes. There was the question of an ambush until after the cub came out, and that wasn't a sure fire answer, or at least wouldn't be to me.<br/><br/>Butchering the cat isn't a fast process, but neither is catching a wild cat... no pun intended.<br/><br/>He might be out of range of some of the group, but not all of it for most of the time, ya'll caught up to him... snakes don't exactly speed across deep, unpacked snow uphill if you consider that they're cold blooded.