Humans grow beards, Yuan. It's just something that happens. And you'd only insist on redoing the braid once you see mine.

[Maintaining a beard is far more work than Kratos had realised when he grew it out fifteen years ago; but for the sake of anonymity he'd incorporated it well enough into his daily routines and now he barely considers it a burden. Still, he's not averse to losing the beard, since it is ultimately less trouble, except that it annoys Yuan so much to see it grow.

[Kratos is, technically, a prisoner. He's not going to make it easy.]

Hmh. What kind of agent? She'd have to prove she's trust-worthy before Lloyd or Raine would accept unexpected information.