[Until now, Kratos hasn't quite realised how much he'd missed the security of wearing armour, even the light-weight sort. Possibly he wouldn't have, if not for his recent troubles; and even though he suffers no attempted beatings in the interim, just being able to wear something solid is reassuring.
[Even still, the situation does not resolve easily. Kratos suspects that Yuan is shielding him from the worst of it, but even then, there winds up being a period where an ollamh visits to prod him about his experience. It isn't a particularly fun exercise; Kratos is fairly sure that she isn't maliciously biased, but it still results in her demanding a far greater range of physical activity than Kratos is sure would have been demanded of a Sylvaranti. As evidence of his functional disability, further exacerbated by the beatings, of course. Kratos honestly isn't sure whether it's because she expects a Tethe'allan to need to be pushed out of a deception of capabilities, or that she expects an Aurion to be magically capable of withstanding much more damage than an ordinary person.
[Regardless, he gets the impression she's fairly optimistic about their chances of a decent settling, and that she tends to be drawn to the 'difficult ones'. Kratos is not sure what that means, but he's willing not to mention it, given the circumstances.
[He starts taking back a number of his duties -- one by one, scaling to how well he can breathe and twist. Anything requiring undue bending or carrying is put off, which includes the shopping, if only because the ollamh warned him to stay away from the markets until the situation is resolved. It does mean Kratos can start helping Yuan at the military facility again, which is fortunate, since Kratos suspects that needing to handle the legal situation is either cutting into Yuan's work time, or his sleep time, or both. Any small degree to which Kratos can mitigate that is worth leaping on.
[Then, quite suddenly, there comes something Kratos can very definitely help with ... though Yuan may or may not see it the same way. He doesn't tell Yuan about it at first; but he does quietly ensure that Yuan's name is given for a very particular service on a specific day Kratos ensures he's present for.
[On that day, he's returning from delivering some paperwork when one of the administration staff catches him with word that Commander Ka-Fai's presence is needed. That's easy enough. Kratos goes back to Yuan's office and slips in without knocking, the only one who can (or dares), and waits out of the way until Yuan indicates he's done with his current task.]
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[Even still, the situation does not resolve easily. Kratos suspects that Yuan is shielding him from the worst of it, but even then, there winds up being a period where an ollamh visits to prod him about his experience. It isn't a particularly fun exercise; Kratos is fairly sure that she isn't maliciously biased, but it still results in her demanding a far greater range of physical activity than Kratos is sure would have been demanded of a Sylvaranti. As evidence of his functional disability, further exacerbated by the beatings, of course. Kratos honestly isn't sure whether it's because she expects a Tethe'allan to need to be pushed out of a deception of capabilities, or that she expects an Aurion to be magically capable of withstanding much more damage than an ordinary person.
[Regardless, he gets the impression she's fairly optimistic about their chances of a decent settling, and that she tends to be drawn to the 'difficult ones'. Kratos is not sure what that means, but he's willing not to mention it, given the circumstances.
[He starts taking back a number of his duties -- one by one, scaling to how well he can breathe and twist. Anything requiring undue bending or carrying is put off, which includes the shopping, if only because the ollamh warned him to stay away from the markets until the situation is resolved. It does mean Kratos can start helping Yuan at the military facility again, which is fortunate, since Kratos suspects that needing to handle the legal situation is either cutting into Yuan's work time, or his sleep time, or both. Any small degree to which Kratos can mitigate that is worth leaping on.
[Then, quite suddenly, there comes something Kratos can very definitely help with ... though Yuan may or may not see it the same way. He doesn't tell Yuan about it at first; but he does quietly ensure that Yuan's name is given for a very particular service on a specific day Kratos ensures he's present for.
[On that day, he's returning from delivering some paperwork when one of the administration staff catches him with word that Commander Ka-Fai's presence is needed. That's easy enough. Kratos goes back to Yuan's office and slips in without knocking, the only one who can (or dares), and waits out of the way until Yuan indicates he's done with his current task.]