[Kratos flagging, Lloyd lunging. Yuan evaluates the options for barely a heartbeat before he leaps again, flipping over Kratos with only a small assist from his wings. It leaves Lloyd target-less, and Yuan behind Kratos, and this would never work on Kratos were he not old and tired and so very human.]
[But he is.]
[Yuan's already bringing his swallow-blade up on long-ingrained habit, a broad diagonal slice, and it takes real effort to pull the blow back. He isn't going to kill Kratos. Not here: not like this. But this isn't getting him anywhere, either.]
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[But he is.]
[Yuan's already bringing his swallow-blade up on long-ingrained habit, a broad diagonal slice, and it takes real effort to pull the blow back. He isn't going to kill Kratos. Not here: not like this. But this isn't getting him anywhere, either.]