[Botta is used to so much. Yuan is reasonably sure any credit he earned for saving Botta's life all those years ago should long since have been used up.]

[There is no outward acknowledgment of this, though. Botta would only wave it off and go back to what he's doing.]

[Yuan leans against Kratos and pays more heed to his mana.]

[Yes. It didn't take Kratos that long to conclude, all told. His senses are intact, then, and likely as fine as ever. Which means... hm. He can externalize mana, so the difficulty is in the amount.]

[Yuan keeps the pattern circulating the same way, mindful of it, and places just a little bit more over the shape that mimics his right vambrace. Where is it strongest?]