[If possible, Kratos's face is lower, rougher. He doesn't dare lift his face; all he can see of Yuan is his legs. He doesn't need to see more, to know the tension in him.]
There were two Tethe'allan soldiers trapped inside the camp. They were being pursued as they tried to retreat. I --
[didn't think is a meaningless excuse. Even if it's true, that instinct overrode anything else, he had not really tried to stop himself either; and that was the question with which he'd wrestled while he waited for Yuan: whether he would have done it again.
[Yes. He would have. He could not have stood there and watched them be caught and killed. He could not have.]
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[If possible, Kratos's face is lower, rougher. He doesn't dare lift his face; all he can see of Yuan is his legs. He doesn't need to see more, to know the tension in him.]
There were two Tethe'allan soldiers trapped inside the camp. They were being pursued as they tried to retreat. I --
[didn't think is a meaningless excuse. Even if it's true, that instinct overrode anything else, he had not really tried to stop himself either; and that was the question with which he'd wrestled while he waited for Yuan: whether he would have done it again.
[Yes. He would have. He could not have stood there and watched them be caught and killed. He could not have.]