The annoying bullies hadn't earned Ren's true hatred, at least not enough to wish them death... Weavers first trapped their prey in enormous amounts of silk before filling the cocoons with digestive fluid.
It wasn't a pretty death, but it was very slow, and a disturbed Weaver colony was an easy target for Professor Zhao's eyes and intervention.
Jin's group wouldn't be in real danger.
With careful movements, Ren approached a nearby tree. A tap here, a vibration there... The threads began trembling in a way any Weaver would interpret as trapped prey struggling in their nets in Jin group's general direction.
"Look out!" Cass's cry came just as the Weavers, alarmed by the perceived meal, began descending en masse. Their white forms seemed to multiply as they dropped from above, wings spreading like living silk.
"There are too many!" Kai's voice held genuine fear, all his previous bravado vanishing in the face of real danger.
