[Colette's smile draws out something similar in Yuan, and he scowls to cover the sudden heart-stop jerk of how familiar she is. Of course replicating a mana signature would replicate other things as well. This isn't a surprise.]

[It's still one of the reasons Yuan had Botta try to kill her. He didn't trust his own hands with it.]

[Yuan does not give Kratos's turned back a significant look, but it's sincerely tempting.]

Angels were supposed to be... I dunno. Better.

[Genis has his shoulders brought up a bit, not feeling the cheer Lloyd's attempting to exude. Kratos qualifies, he guesses, but it's a pretty bleak picture for the rest of the angels. And also for the Church of Martel as a whole.]

[Raine sets a hand on his shoulder as some kind of reassurance.]

Kratos. Where do you want to begin?

[It isn't exactly a gentle prompt, and she's not offering all that much help. Yuan offers only slightly more:]

No one actually likes Remiel. How much has Kratos told you?

[Raine is, for the moment, conspicuously silent on that front.]