[The difference is both a relief and, strangely, a loss. Raine breathes a little easier, though the air tastes different now.]

It... yes. I can see how; it feels like a huge consumption. Do you have deeper reserves of your own, to compensate?

[She can't see why he wouldn't, but neither does she exactly know how the Cruxis Crystal works.]

[It would be difficult to imagine Kratos taxed, if she had not met him the way she had.]

--is it simply a matter of seeing?