[The smile both concerns and reassures. Yuan suspects he'd like to see what o Branain comes up with to deal with such things.]
Understood, sir.
[But by then they're approaching the quartermaster's tent, and Yuan can sense who's there before he even processes the tirade, and he realizes abruptly that his day is about to go to several different hells, very quickly.]
[There is nothing for it but to brace himself. It's not as though he can make Kratos understand his thoughts from here. All the same, Kratos's reaction doesn't sit well with Yuan, and he wonders how many orders regarding Kratos he'll be willing to obey.]
[--those are dangerous thoughts. Yuan cuts them off.]
I was given to understand you were the one who gave the order to spare him, General.
...he's mine, now.
[Which should not require further explaining, given the braid Kratos wears. Yuan's gaze flicks to Kratos, willing him to do anything to demonstrate submission, instead of defiance. This is not the fight to have today.]
no subject
Understood, sir.
[But by then they're approaching the quartermaster's tent, and Yuan can sense who's there before he even processes the tirade, and he realizes abruptly that his day is about to go to several different hells, very quickly.]
[There is nothing for it but to brace himself. It's not as though he can make Kratos understand his thoughts from here. All the same, Kratos's reaction doesn't sit well with Yuan, and he wonders how many orders regarding Kratos he'll be willing to obey.]
[--those are dangerous thoughts. Yuan cuts them off.]
I was given to understand you were the one who gave the order to spare him, General.
...he's mine, now.
[Which should not require further explaining, given the braid Kratos wears. Yuan's gaze flicks to Kratos, willing him to do anything to demonstrate submission, instead of defiance. This is not the fight to have today.]