[... Yuan would never have imagined that. He has to take a moment to add that to his mental image of Kratos.]

[An actor. It's difficult to imagine, with Kratos's gift for impassivity; but he supposes, after a little thought, that controlling reactions takes just as much effort as faking them, only in a different direction.]

Why an actor?

[It's very much a question he doesn't expect an answer to, given how personal he's getting, but there's more than a little curiosity there. It doesn't seem to fit. Maybe some little piece more of explanation will make it do so.]