[It does take some time, but being wreathed in Yuan's mana helps settle Kratos slowly. It's present but non-harmful; and the longer it's non-harmful, the more he's able to breathe out the tension. Its presence highlights what's in Kratos, too, makes it easier to feel out his own groundedness. That helps.

[Observation. That's the most Kratos can afford tonight, now. Occasionally, his mana does move, testing; but anytime he tries to push anything into physicality, the scar on his back sparks and crackles with faint lightning, like a loose wire.

[It's a long night, silent except for the hum of mana and the scratch of Botta's quill on paper.]