[...well, there is Yuan, of course. He'd discounted himself. In truth, he shouldn't have. Yuan exhales, and settles, looking down at today's Tethe'allan-style experiment.]

Somewhat, yes.

[Yuan sounds bemused by this. It's slow going, of course, and Kratos's machinations can't make up for Yuan's own deficiencies, but... in some places, there's a shift.]

It's... evident that you know what you're doing, in this regard.