[It's the difference between a set number of buildings recycling a set amount of water versus hundreds of thousands of dwellings using it at any time they please, Yuan.]

When else would you do it? You're all there in the same room; conversation occurs. It's leisure time in company.

[... It occurs to Kratos that Sylvaranti bathing may be as quick and pragmatic as bathing on the march, which seems ludicrous. Why would one turn something pleasant into something rushed? He's about to ask, when Yuan asks about the theatre. Kratos's face smooths to blankness, even as he regrets his thorough explanation.]

I despise the theatre.

[His voice is more neutral than anything, as he turns toward the door.]