[It's a quiet agreement, that. Kratos has known it for a long time; known and denied it, known and accepted it, known and denied it again.]
But the institution of both worlds are tailored toward that task. Even an angel would have difficulty dismantling what he helped establish over so many years.
[Kratos exhales slowly and looks away. His hands aren't shaking, though they had before; he's turned off all his physical reactions, if only to get through this conversation. He looks toward Asgard instead, toward the dais.]
There is someone else who can help us. He was --
[Hm. No need to mention that, and Yuan wouldn't thank him for it.]
-- our companion as well. It was the four of us, against the world. Though he pretends to work for Cruxis, still, he leads the Renegades now, though he doesn't know that I know. He's been trying to lay Martel to proper rest for centuries.
[Best not mention the parts where Yuan is responsible for Kratos crash-landing in near-fatal condition in Iselia, and for Botta attempting to murder Colette.]
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[It's a quiet agreement, that. Kratos has known it for a long time; known and denied it, known and accepted it, known and denied it again.]
But the institution of both worlds are tailored toward that task. Even an angel would have difficulty dismantling what he helped establish over so many years.
[Kratos exhales slowly and looks away. His hands aren't shaking, though they had before; he's turned off all his physical reactions, if only to get through this conversation. He looks toward Asgard instead, toward the dais.]
There is someone else who can help us. He was --
[Hm. No need to mention that, and Yuan wouldn't thank him for it.]
-- our companion as well. It was the four of us, against the world. Though he pretends to work for Cruxis, still, he leads the Renegades now, though he doesn't know that I know. He's been trying to lay Martel to proper rest for centuries.
[Best not mention the parts where Yuan is responsible for Kratos crash-landing in near-fatal condition in Iselia, and for Botta attempting to murder Colette.]