[Kratos is still watching Ka-Fai, even as he begins walking also. There's a part of him which is still discomforted by the circumstance, that he's taken that blade from its master, that he, Kratos, has now essentially caged such a man. He doesn't like it. He also recognises that this part of him is responsible for the urge to give it back, however foolish.
[And it is foolish. Kratos is fairly secure in his judge of character, but even with all his instincts wanting to trust, he knows he can't afford to do so. Still, it makes his chest ache, in an odd way, seeing how Ka-Fai looks to the sky and the freedom lacking to him.
[But maybe Kratos can offer something else. Abruptly, as he looks ahead instead of at Ka-Fai:]
I've received orders from the Consul Legionnaire. I'm authorised to offer you and all your people Tethe'allan citizenship.
[Things he does not mention: that it was his recommendation, and that the Consul Legionnaire is his sister.]
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[Kratos is still watching Ka-Fai, even as he begins walking also. There's a part of him which is still discomforted by the circumstance, that he's taken that blade from its master, that he, Kratos, has now essentially caged such a man. He doesn't like it. He also recognises that this part of him is responsible for the urge to give it back, however foolish.
[And it is foolish. Kratos is fairly secure in his judge of character, but even with all his instincts wanting to trust, he knows he can't afford to do so. Still, it makes his chest ache, in an odd way, seeing how Ka-Fai looks to the sky and the freedom lacking to him.
[But maybe Kratos can offer something else. Abruptly, as he looks ahead instead of at Ka-Fai:]
I've received orders from the Consul Legionnaire. I'm authorised to offer you and all your people Tethe'allan citizenship.
[Things he does not mention: that it was his recommendation, and that the Consul Legionnaire is his sister.]