diff --git a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/dist/index.js b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/dist/index.js
index 61742e7..f031f90 100644
--- a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/dist/index.js
+++ b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/dist/index.js
@@ -235,7 +235,11 @@ class AthenaTalkBridge {
                 return;
             const frameBytes = 24000 * 2 / 50;
             for (let offset = 0; offset < pcm.length; offset += frameBytes) {
+                if (controller.signal.aborted || generation !== this.generation || !this.isConnected()) {
+                    return;
+                }
                 this.req.onAudio?.(pcm.subarray(offset, Math.min(offset + frameBytes, pcm.length)));
+                await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
             }
             this.req.onResponseDone?.({ status: "completed", responseId });
             this.req.onEvent?.({ direction: "server", type: "response.done", responseId });
diff --git a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/index.ts b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/index.ts
index cbb2bfa..9e49751 100644
--- a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/index.ts
+++ b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/index.ts
@@ -243,7 +243,14 @@ class AthenaTalkBridge {
       if (generation !== this.generation || !this.isConnected()) return;
       const frameBytes = 24000 * 2 / 50;
       for (let offset = 0; offset < pcm.length; offset += frameBytes) {
+        if (controller.signal.aborted || generation !== this.generation || !this.isConnected()) {
+          return;
+        }
         this.req.onAudio?.(pcm.subarray(offset, Math.min(offset + frameBytes, pcm.length)));
+        // Gateway relay drops audio frames when its WebSocket queue is full.
+        // Pace 20 ms PCM frames in realtime instead of flooding the complete
+        // synthesized response into the socket in a few milliseconds.
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
       }
       this.req.onResponseDone?.({ status: "completed", responseId });
       this.req.onEvent?.({ direction: "server", type: "response.done", responseId });
diff --git a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/openclaw.plugin.json b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/openclaw.plugin.json
index c5e8a49..5160837 100644
--- a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "id": "athena-talk",
   "name": "Athena Local Talk",
   "description": "Local German voice conversations through Athena without a public speech provider.",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.1",
   "enabledByDefault": true,
   "activation": {
     "onStartup": true,
diff --git a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/package.json b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/package.json
index 8333bc9..954d366 100644
--- a/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/package.json
+++ b/integrations/openclaw-athena-talk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "openclaw-plugin-athena-talk",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.1",
   "description": "Private realtime Talk bridge for Athena STT, OpenClaw agent consult, and Athena TTS.",
   "type": "module",
   "private": true,