Trolls don't reproduce directly as humans do. Our eggs are brooded through an intermediary, a Mother Grub by name. My lusus was one such creature, but she abandoned the caverns as a virgin to raise me, an undertaking which doomed her to an early death.
Upon that occurrence, she had arranged for me to inherit her Matriorb, which, when hatch at the opportune moment, would produce a larva that would eventually mature into a replacement, allowing us to repopulate despite the eradication of our planet.
To protect and care for the orb was more than merely my duty, it was my very life's purpose. And he robbed me of that by destroying the orb as I was preparing it for incubation.
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Trolls don't reproduce directly as humans do. Our eggs are brooded through an intermediary, a Mother Grub by name. My lusus was one such creature, but she abandoned the caverns as a virgin to raise me, an undertaking which doomed her to an early death.
Upon that occurrence, she had arranged for me to inherit her Matriorb, which, when hatch at the opportune moment, would produce a larva that would eventually mature into a replacement, allowing us to repopulate despite the eradication of our planet.
To protect and care for the orb was more than merely my duty, it was my very life's purpose. And he robbed me of that by destroying the orb as I was preparing it for incubation.