Excuses were like bellybuttons. Everyone has them and most of them are full of useless lint. Or in this case... General uselessness when one was being chased by monkeys. Jamie was not going to buy a damn thing.
"I am movin'!" he shouted back with a little bit of a growl. It was kind of amazing just how vicious he could sound when he was annoyed. That sort of tone coming out of such an innocent kid. If he ended up getting bitten and getting rabies or monkey pox or something, he was so infecting Cathair next.
He actually leapt over a fallen log that'd been in their path on their way in rather like a hurdle. Although if it'd been a hurdle, he would not have been able to clear the height. Either way, he'd pulled off something he thought was very cool and did not trip over his own feet.