[The laugh is a good thing to hear, and Yuan doesn't feel like it's at him, either; it's simply Kratos finding some humor in a situation that might have been untenable.]
[His shoulders drop, no longer quite so rigid, and he pauses to pick up one of the ribbons, matching it to one of the strands and beginning to braid it in simply.]
You don't have to be; if it was something you wanted, I wouldn't stop you.
[Unlikely, perhaps, with a Tethe'allan prisoner of war, but then again it's unlikely for half-elves to become officers. ...and it's very quick for Kratos to be making up his mind about commitments. Especially when he's been asleep most of the time he and Yuan have been within speaking distance.]
...This is a fairly simple three-strand braid; it's most important that it comes across this way.
[Yuan indicates the way he's braiding across Kratos's hairline, rather than straight back.]
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[His shoulders drop, no longer quite so rigid, and he pauses to pick up one of the ribbons, matching it to one of the strands and beginning to braid it in simply.]
You don't have to be; if it was something you wanted, I wouldn't stop you.
[Unlikely, perhaps, with a Tethe'allan prisoner of war, but then again it's unlikely for half-elves to become officers. ...and it's very quick for Kratos to be making up his mind about commitments. Especially when he's been asleep most of the time he and Yuan have been within speaking distance.]
...This is a fairly simple three-strand braid; it's most important that it comes across this way.
[Yuan indicates the way he's braiding across Kratos's hairline, rather than straight back.]