The ranches. Up until then, any sacrifices made were something of the heat of war -- for the necessary good. The ranches represented prolonged unnecessary suffering. It was the last straw, for Yuan; though he pretends to accept it, to Yggdrasill's face.
[It's easier to refer to Mithos by his second name, these days. Most days, Kratos prefers to imagine Mithos as the sweet young man with a thirst for equality, and Yggdrasill as the insane leader of a crushing world order.
[Kratos is looking up at the sky again, now, but he nods his agreement with Raine's presumption.]
Yes. He will need to continue to pretend, I think, if we're to have any access; but Yggdrasill has had no love for him for a long time. He'd have to tread carefully. We should consult him before we make any assumptions.
[Yggdrasill needs Kratos; he does not need Yuan. At the least Yuan ought to know that Kratos is alive, by now.]
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[It's easier to refer to Mithos by his second name, these days. Most days, Kratos prefers to imagine Mithos as the sweet young man with a thirst for equality, and Yggdrasill as the insane leader of a crushing world order.
[Kratos is looking up at the sky again, now, but he nods his agreement with Raine's presumption.]
Yes. He will need to continue to pretend, I think, if we're to have any access; but Yggdrasill has had no love for him for a long time. He'd have to tread carefully. We should consult him before we make any assumptions.
[Yggdrasill needs Kratos; he does not need Yuan. At the least Yuan ought to know that Kratos is alive, by now.]
But we should still tell the children something.