[The feeling which Yuan doesn't bother to hide makes Kratos's breath catch again, and he has to close his eyes for a moment in an attempt to figure out how emotions should be contained. Even still, when he opens his eyes against there's a smile on his face; though he isn't sure what it is, at first, save it makes his face feel oddly stretched in combination with the drying tears. It's been a long, long time.

[You already did, once. It's almost the clearest worded thought Kratos has had so far, and behind it is a strength of gratitude and a helpless collection of feelings which amount to I'm not worthy of you and I know you have my back and I remember when ...

[When they had worked together for the betterment of the world. When they had been brothers.]

You guys are talking when I can't hear you again, aren't you?

[Lloyd's expression is amused and curious and exasperated, and it makes Kratos huff self-deprecatingly again.]

I'm -- sorry. I ... I hope that Colette won't have to sacrifice herself.

[Lloyd grins.]

Well, yeah. That's what all this is about, right? To make sure no one has to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the world.

[... All this?]