If he wants to understand how Shema works, Lara doesn't understand it all that well either - except that Shema somehow can see every possible outcome at once.





Lara must have already proved that with the zombies and Ms Peel, since Thugos isn't doing something cliche like making her fight her own friends.





She would only be impressed if he's using his power to change the universe positively somehow. But Lara is also a little strange there, that she believes even those thought of as incurably evil have the capability to positively change the universe. She knows the Hooded Hood is doing so, even though even he might not be aware of how much, or might not mean to.





Useful gossip is good. Remember though, Lara is not much of a diplomat - but she's very straight-forward, and clever. If Thugos starts playing games with her, she'll probably call him on it and tell him the games aren't necessary and if he has something to say, speak up already. She already coerced the Hooded Hood to get to the point the same way (but partly because he's so amused that she does that).

Also note, while Lara doesn't particularly like the world Thugos takes so much pride in, she probably recognizes that it's millions of souls who depend on him to survive. If he has a genuine problem he needs solved for their sake, she would probably help out for their sake, whether Thugos is grateful for it or not.

But she also has a particular hatred for being kept against her will, so she might offer to help even after he says they're all free to go, but be somewhat resistant until he says it.