I'm beginning to think they just wanted to get rid of us for a while to do something back at the Hold.

[That would make sense, wouldn't it? Get rid of people on missions for long enough to do some sort of modification back in the 'present'. She crosses her arms over her chest and starts to retreat back into what's more or less a thicket of ferns and large trees.]

And that -- noise is coming from something big and alive. Do they have giant roaring beasts in Vanaheim?

[Hopefully he says yes, because she doesn't want to have to deal with fighting them if she can help it.]