[Yuan doesn't even have to tell Botta it's still not a good time. Perfect.]
[At the very least, Kratos is letting go of something; it's evident enough in the way he's more willingly returning the embrace now. Yuan repeats the same gesture, very deliberate, himself easing a little in response. Holding Kratos is easy. He can manage that much, even if soothing words are not his strength.]
[I know.]
[If you couldn't get rid of me in four thousand years, what makes you think you can now? I'll help you if I have to drag you out of Niflheim to do it. Just hold on. Yuan does have plans-- he has a main one, and backups, and pieces which will flex depending on how the fights fall. He could use Kratos's discerning mind on them-- but that is a fair ways out yet, and Botta does reasonably well picking solidity out of Yuan's lightning-branch possibilities.]
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[At the very least, Kratos is letting go of something; it's evident enough in the way he's more willingly returning the embrace now. Yuan repeats the same gesture, very deliberate, himself easing a little in response. Holding Kratos is easy. He can manage that much, even if soothing words are not his strength.]
[I know.]
[If you couldn't get rid of me in four thousand years, what makes you think you can now? I'll help you if I have to drag you out of Niflheim to do it. Just hold on. Yuan does have plans-- he has a main one, and backups, and pieces which will flex depending on how the fights fall. He could use Kratos's discerning mind on them-- but that is a fair ways out yet, and Botta does reasonably well picking solidity out of Yuan's lightning-branch possibilities.]