FortuneCraft in Apocalypse

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He expected her to freak out. Matter of fact, he was counting on it. Lara was so simple-minded that he wouldn't be surprised if he found out that she died just breathing in the wrong air. So when she did not start screaming immediately at his unjust fairness, he was impressed.

Leo seemed even more impressed than he was, watching Lara in a critical way as though he expected her to fail them and start crying all over the ground. The baby troll was still trying to wriggle its stone-like body out of there, so Leo pushed it with one foot and it rolled towards Lara.

She jumped back when it touched her feet, then gripped Draven tightly by his arm.

“I can’t kill it,” she whispered.

“Why not?” Draven asked.

“It’s a baby. We don’t kill babies.”

“It’s a monster,” Leo chuckled. “This baby monster will grow up one day and bite off your ass if you don’t kill it straight away.”

Draven bent down and hit the rock three times. The troll unraveled, showing itself. It was too weak and powerless to