[After all this time, Colette's smile and the resemblance are a softer thing to bear. It's maybe because of that that Yuan explains, where he hasn't done so before. ...And if it helps keep a little attention off Kratos, that probably won't hurt, either.]

I won it in a bet. More or less-- the bet was that I wouldn't be able to handle it.

[He's not going into too much detail about how things worked back then, but that's enough for the children to be getting on with; and sure enough, Genis grins.]

Obviously you won.

[Yuan is also not about to fill in all the difficulties he had in the beginning. It's nicer that they believe in how effortless it looks now.]