[What. Yuan stares at Kratos for a few moments, convinced he can't have heard that.]
Why?
[That's a precedent he's pretty sure he doesn't like, and he doesn't particularly have any interest in the proceedings themselves. He did what he said he would; the matter was discharged, and would be handled. ...Although, now that he's teasing at the problem, he can see how someone unsympathetic or apathetic might have delayed the proceedings even more. Even opinions on the pragmatists aren't entirely positive.]
[Damn it. Yuan stands briskly, going for his cloak. It's done now, and he'll handle it, because the family doesn't deserve to bear the consequences of his irritation with Kratos.]
You shouldn't have done that. In fact, if anyone asks, you didn't. How soon am I needed?
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Why?
[That's a precedent he's pretty sure he doesn't like, and he doesn't particularly have any interest in the proceedings themselves. He did what he said he would; the matter was discharged, and would be handled. ...Although, now that he's teasing at the problem, he can see how someone unsympathetic or apathetic might have delayed the proceedings even more. Even opinions on the pragmatists aren't entirely positive.]
[Damn it. Yuan stands briskly, going for his cloak. It's done now, and he'll handle it, because the family doesn't deserve to bear the consequences of his irritation with Kratos.]
You shouldn't have done that. In fact, if anyone asks, you didn't. How soon am I needed?