[The gentle weight of that hand feels simultaneously lifting and burdening. How can being offered help feel like so much of a weight? Because you shouldn't need the help at all. You're the one who helps others, not the other way around.

[And yet, Yuan said he wasn't a burden. Kratos stirs slightly under his hand, head lifting a bit but not enough for his face to be seen past his bangs.]

How could it not have been a burden?