[Kratos has already glanced toward Yuan when Yuan denies responsibility for that choice. Once more, Kratos flounders; but Yuan obviously trusts Raine, and it's far more effort to pretend that he doesn't know the cause than to reveal it.

[He has pain turned off, after all.]

Probably not.

[Without thinking, he's pressed a hand to his chest, over that scar; and his gaze has turned toward the window once more, as if he can see the Tower of Salvation in the distance. He can certainly feel it.]

My mana isn't entirely mine. I'm the seal linked to the Tower of Salvation.

[Sort of ... mostly. The seal is essentially split between multiple locations.]