I'll have to teach you another time. This one is shallow; it's just for sitting.
[There's only one pool deep enough for swimming, and it's not so deep as many of them would have liked; but as deep as could be possible, stretching practicality in a place like this.
[As Kratos anticipated, the others at the pool make space for him with casual gestures of respect, and he steps down into the pool to take a seat on the bench at the side, casting his towel up on the edge. It's deep enough to reach his chest, to dunk his head; and he can't help the sigh of relief at the coolness of the water compared to the baking heat of outside.
[Hopefully, there's no one here of high enough rank to make conversation, unless the other commander decides to come over. Kratos wishes again that Yuan had undone his braid; to keep it bound in a circumstance like this makes a statement in a direction Kratos does not like.]
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[There's only one pool deep enough for swimming, and it's not so deep as many of them would have liked; but as deep as could be possible, stretching practicality in a place like this.
[As Kratos anticipated, the others at the pool make space for him with casual gestures of respect, and he steps down into the pool to take a seat on the bench at the side, casting his towel up on the edge. It's deep enough to reach his chest, to dunk his head; and he can't help the sigh of relief at the coolness of the water compared to the baking heat of outside.
[Hopefully, there's no one here of high enough rank to make conversation, unless the other commander decides to come over. Kratos wishes again that Yuan had undone his braid; to keep it bound in a circumstance like this makes a statement in a direction Kratos does not like.]