[Do you think Yuan is just going to ignore that, Kratos? He frowns thunderously at Kratos's clear expression of pain, and pauses in his efforts to lean past Kratos and turn the water off.]

You aren't fooling anyone.

Right now, no more than twenty-five raw recruits, depending a little on whether certain parties have arrived as predicted. The skill levels of the others are more spread out.

[Browraise at that last, though he's more focused on a return to securely binding that first wrist.]

I think the chefs might object.