[Lloyd's smiling face registers no suspicion, no evidence he's noticed the coldness between them. Past him, Kratos nods toward Raine, moving toward the stairs, so Lloyd hops up a few steps.]
We're ready. We may as well get this done.
[Before he loses his nerve again. He waits for further introductions before they're up the stairs; Lloyd precedes them, turning to leap up two steps at once all the way to the top, while Kratos and Yuan ascend more sedately. Lloyd vanishes past Raine into the room; Kratos can hear him telling the others, with his customary enthusiasm, that Kratos's friend is here, and wondering whether he's an angel too.
[This wondering is nowhere near beneath an angel's hearing capabilities, but Kratos manages not to glance sidelong at Yuan.]
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[Lloyd's smiling face registers no suspicion, no evidence he's noticed the coldness between them. Past him, Kratos nods toward Raine, moving toward the stairs, so Lloyd hops up a few steps.]
We're ready. We may as well get this done.
[Before he loses his nerve again. He waits for further introductions before they're up the stairs; Lloyd precedes them, turning to leap up two steps at once all the way to the top, while Kratos and Yuan ascend more sedately. Lloyd vanishes past Raine into the room; Kratos can hear him telling the others, with his customary enthusiasm, that Kratos's friend is here, and wondering whether he's an angel too.
[This wondering is nowhere near beneath an angel's hearing capabilities, but Kratos manages not to glance sidelong at Yuan.]