[Yuan can generally intuit that Kratos is thinking heavily, but the exact thread of it escapes him.]

Someone you know?

[--Something clicks together belatedly, as Yuan matches Kratos's pace again. Kratos might be referring to a merchant he's come to know over the past few months; or he might be referring to a fellow prisoner of war.]

[There are those who actually did take the deal offered, after all. Indenture instead of slavery.]

[Hmmm.]

Anyone intentionally sending people after you would have to bear a grudge against one of us. This is more than opportunism.