[This is said fitfully, between restrained coughs, and at the end of them he takes a breath and another sip. This one goes down more easily. Not well, but more easily. He can't really taste much of anything, which is probably just as well, because if Yuan forgot tissues he may not have bothered to ask anyone how much honey and cinnamon should be in the tea, and Kratos forgot to tell him.
[The third and fourth, and following sips, go down even easier. All of them hurt, and all of them show it on Kratos's face with the grimace and the little bracing breath he takes afterward. At least his mouth is no longer dry, so he doesn't cough when he asks with resignation:]
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[This is said fitfully, between restrained coughs, and at the end of them he takes a breath and another sip. This one goes down more easily. Not well, but more easily. He can't really taste much of anything, which is probably just as well, because if Yuan forgot tissues he may not have bothered to ask anyone how much honey and cinnamon should be in the tea, and Kratos forgot to tell him.
[The third and fourth, and following sips, go down even easier. All of them hurt, and all of them show it on Kratos's face with the grimace and the little bracing breath he takes afterward. At least his mouth is no longer dry, so he doesn't cough when he asks with resignation:]
You brought me the romances, didn't you?