[Yuan really doesn't think tea would help. He bites off his next sarcastic response, head to the side and braid swinging free of his shoulder as he tries to determine exactly how serious Zelos is.]

And how sarcastic was Nethan being at the time?

[That, too, is cynical. Yuan should try harder, but he can't honestly imagine even the guard he talked to willing to take advice or instruction from a half-elf.]

I-- appreciate what you're trying to do, Zelos, but it won't work that easily. They won't thank you for it.

[In the end Yuan sounds more tired than anything else.]