[Yuan has Kratos's sword dangling from one hand and a scowl on his face by the time Kratos is shown into his office.]

[And by shown in he means Kratos walks in like the guards are for his status and not to show him the way or provide a suitable menace. In retrospect, Yuan can't be surprised, but he isn't at all happy about it.]

[His hand tightens fractionally on Flamberge, the sword-belt biting into his fingers.]

What are you doing here?

[The associated query, why isn't Yggdrasill, goes unspoken, and no thoughts have passed between them in centuries.]