The Cradlands 9

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“I told you he’d win”, Fred said and smiled, faking a tired look, as he sat down. “He is really tough” “Stop acting. I saw you hold back”, Leila replied. “You could have won the fight” “That’s what you think? He actually kicked my injury” “That was before you entered the berserk mode… it was really cool, by the way”, Leila said. “Why did you let him win?” “What? I thought you said I should let him win?”, Fred retorted. “I can remember you saying, ‘hey Fred, I believe in you but he should be king so let him in’”. Leila laughed. “First, I don’t believe in you… and I definitely didn’t say that” “Maybe I believe in him”, Fred replied. “Everyone seems to see no one as the leader so they can’t really be guided by our laws… I can’t be King now but I wouldn’t choose it, even if I could… Tyro

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