Once upon a time, there was a guy named Cas, a criminal mastermind who liked stealing. “Dammit Dusty you got dust all over my eyes again!” he cursed.
Cas had a flashback to a few years ago about the day he was kicked out of his apartment.
Cas looked around quickly with his cane and whacked Laurent in the shin.
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Laurent shape-shifted into a crow and landed on Cas’s shoulder.
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Laurent silently clutched her dagger while drawing out the map of the bank for her next heist.
Cas silently petted Laurent’s fur and she turned into a cat while sleeping. Summer passed to winter.
A few months later Laurent and Cas were hiding out in a bush at the bank waiting for everyone to leave.
Laurent turned into a snake to fit into the environment, and Cas waited for the last guard to close his eyes for rest and gave Laurent the signal as everyone left eventually.
The intruder alarm went off! Cas and Laurent had to run back into the bushes.
To rob the bank they brought a device that cuts through metal easily and destroyed the vault.
They were able to get all the money, and they ran away…
