[Dirk is giving them their privacy. That's about all he wants to know.]
Hmh.
[It's a half-chuckle, something nearly amused; and Kratos's own eyes are closed for much the same reason as Yuan's, the stew ignored for the time being. He's keeping his presence overt, letting Yuan examine the sense of it, the tenor of the link between them. It is easier. Maybe that's why they forgot they could do it until it was too late.
[Both. We can do both. We did the worlds once before. We can do it again, the other way. We can be better.
[The last 'we' carries overtones of this, of them, just them, with all they've been and all they have. They've both turned their heads toward each other, while listening; Kratos doesn't really notice that their foreheads have come to rest. He doesn't notice that the healing arte still in his hand has gotten a little stronger, either, as if the strengthened connection is helping that too.]
no subject
Hmh.
[It's a half-chuckle, something nearly amused; and Kratos's own eyes are closed for much the same reason as Yuan's, the stew ignored for the time being. He's keeping his presence overt, letting Yuan examine the sense of it, the tenor of the link between them. It is easier. Maybe that's why they forgot they could do it until it was too late.
[Both. We can do both. We did the worlds once before. We can do it again, the other way. We can be better.
[The last 'we' carries overtones of this, of them, just them, with all they've been and all they have. They've both turned their heads toward each other, while listening; Kratos doesn't really notice that their foreheads have come to rest. He doesn't notice that the healing arte still in his hand has gotten a little stronger, either, as if the strengthened connection is helping that too.]