Karma was on his third bucket of popcorn. The buttery goodness was an indulgence, but he simply needed it for what he was watching.
It was the strive of a gnome, a fairy, and two brigands, who were only such because their lot in life had been bad.
And a ladder which was only about as long as half the high of the lamppost.
Karma was a sadistic fudge, no one claimed otherwise.
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"Ok, this time it has to work!" Lin exclaimed, as he concentrated. Rick and Ralf were too weak physically to try and build a ladder. Not to mention that the forest around Mirstone was holy.
If the two humans got caught even taking branches, then they would surely end up in jail.
Or worse, in the town's administration hall as clerks. Something Kai had assured him was a fate worse than death. For… most of the gnomes in Mirstone were tax evaders and lied shamelessly about it.
