[Of course the strike is coming; there's no use in this fight if Kratos thinks Yuan will pull his blows. It's a hair shy of instinctive as Yuan drives his weapon down toward Kratos.]
[The shield is enough to redirect the blow down; or Yuan lets it, one or the other, and he himself might not be clear on which. Regardless it's for the best. Here and now isn't the place to spend Kratos' life.]
[...and Yuan would regret it, later, he knows. Instead he turns on the children, specifically Lloyd. If Kratos' own safety won't make him take this seriously, then Lloyd's will. Yuan's moving faster and faster now, harrying, a light in his eyes even with the relative challenge that Lloyd's presenting.]
[The little mage has the sense not to try lightning, but Yuan isn't all that perturbed by water instead, needing only to correct his footing for the blow-- though it's enough to make handling Lloyd just that much harder, naturally. This group makes nothing easy.]
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[The shield is enough to redirect the blow down; or Yuan lets it, one or the other, and he himself might not be clear on which. Regardless it's for the best. Here and now isn't the place to spend Kratos' life.]
[...and Yuan would regret it, later, he knows. Instead he turns on the children, specifically Lloyd. If Kratos' own safety won't make him take this seriously, then Lloyd's will. Yuan's moving faster and faster now, harrying, a light in his eyes even with the relative challenge that Lloyd's presenting.]
[The little mage has the sense not to try lightning, but Yuan isn't all that perturbed by water instead, needing only to correct his footing for the blow-- though it's enough to make handling Lloyd just that much harder, naturally. This group makes nothing easy.]