Tactical Retreat?

With brows furrowed, David asked. "You can talk?"

"Your language... is very easy to understand, but unlike humans, our vocal cords... are not as flexible as yours. W-hy... have you come here?" It's voice was rough and sounded like two metals scraping against each other, but even then, David could understand what the tiger was saying.

Somewhat surprised, David didn't know what to say for a while before responding. "There's something i need from the top of your mountain, but I have this faint inkling you wouldn't let me use it."

"What's an inkling? You human try....hard to make words hard for each other to understand, and for what?… Fun? If you want to have fun, play... with females, that is true fun. And no, you killed four of my precious subordinates." It's somewhat carefree voice changed as it continued.

"You... must die."