[It's true enough; Mac Gabhann has, if nothing else, always been a man of his word. Yuan should, perhaps, have known better than to assign spite to that much. ...He will, he's sure, end up paying for it.]

[Yuan looks back at Kratos. Another slight nod, as though to say 'go ahead.']

My regiment is being deployed soon. He needs more mobility than he currently has, even if he won't be with the main fighting force.

[The rest, Kratos can handle explaining; he knows better what his limits are. In theory.]