[... Oh. That's not good. Probably. Maybe. Nothing here was going to hurt him, surely? Yet when Kratos tries to think how to turn it back on again, nothing comes to him; something that should have been second-nature is a blank. Possibly because it's second nature. Possibly because the thought of turning it on again fills him with dread.
[Luckily, Genis provides something else to focus on, even while Kratos lets Yuan lead him away from the stairs.]
Other dad?
[You didn't --? Yuan didn't raise Lloyd? Kratos had thought -- what with knowing his childhood -- this, of all things, makes Kratos feel even more discombobulated, and his chest feels tight with an emotion he can't quite recognise.]
Um ...
[This is Lloyd, hopping the last step and jogging around them, now there's space. He looks worried, but he reaches out to take Kratos's hand, siding close so they all fit in the passage.]
I was raised by a dwarf named Dirk. He rescued me from the attack that killed Mum. Uncle Yuan only found me a few years later.
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[Luckily, Genis provides something else to focus on, even while Kratos lets Yuan lead him away from the stairs.]
Other dad?
[You didn't --? Yuan didn't raise Lloyd? Kratos had thought -- what with knowing his childhood -- this, of all things, makes Kratos feel even more discombobulated, and his chest feels tight with an emotion he can't quite recognise.]
Um ...
[This is Lloyd, hopping the last step and jogging around them, now there's space. He looks worried, but he reaches out to take Kratos's hand, siding close so they all fit in the passage.]
I was raised by a dwarf named Dirk. He rescued me from the attack that killed Mum. Uncle Yuan only found me a few years later.