['Invitation' is not the word Kratos would have used. 'Admittance of requiring help' would be a phrase closer to the mark. Of course, it wouldn't be the first time he's had help with his hair; it's not an alien thing, to him. But it occurs, at Yuan's hesitation, that it might be alien here.
[Surely if it's stepping over a line in other fashions, Yuan would have said so? Kratos glances at him, just to make sure; but Yuan's words are an acquiescence. Kratos chooses to take it at face value while he still can. The future seems marginally more solid, now, but it's not quite settled.
[Kratos doesn't ask. Instead he moves to start the shower, which is honestly a piece of technology Kratos wasn't entirely sure Yuan would have; but it does make things easier. Bathwater would get dirty far too easily, and a sit-down wash would take a long time. At least this way he can scrub and then soak. Assuming Yuan has no objections to a slave using his tub for such a leisure. So far, he doesn't seem to have objections to most things Kratos would have thought a slave-owner would have objections to.
[So Kratos proceeds to ignore Yuan as he undresses without much in the way of shame, but with an element of cautiousness given his state and the fact he isn't sure just how much he can push Yuan as yet. He also ignores the voices of the guards wafting around in his memory. Undressing takes longer than it should; but the clothes he has left aren't worth salvaging, at this point. He does drop them in the most convenient corner he can, to pick up and dispose of himself, later.
[He is unsure, to some degree, whether Yuan will want a look at him before getting into the shower -- to see the state of his purchase. There's another testing glance Yuan's way.]
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[Surely if it's stepping over a line in other fashions, Yuan would have said so? Kratos glances at him, just to make sure; but Yuan's words are an acquiescence. Kratos chooses to take it at face value while he still can. The future seems marginally more solid, now, but it's not quite settled.
[Kratos doesn't ask. Instead he moves to start the shower, which is honestly a piece of technology Kratos wasn't entirely sure Yuan would have; but it does make things easier. Bathwater would get dirty far too easily, and a sit-down wash would take a long time. At least this way he can scrub and then soak. Assuming Yuan has no objections to a slave using his tub for such a leisure. So far, he doesn't seem to have objections to most things Kratos would have thought a slave-owner would have objections to.
[So Kratos proceeds to ignore Yuan as he undresses without much in the way of shame, but with an element of cautiousness given his state and the fact he isn't sure just how much he can push Yuan as yet. He also ignores the voices of the guards wafting around in his memory. Undressing takes longer than it should; but the clothes he has left aren't worth salvaging, at this point. He does drop them in the most convenient corner he can, to pick up and dispose of himself, later.
[He is unsure, to some degree, whether Yuan will want a look at him before getting into the shower -- to see the state of his purchase. There's another testing glance Yuan's way.]