[The words sound like a rejection. All of the words sound like a rejection. But then, much of what Yuan says is a rejection, and his hand is warm where it brushes Kratos's shoulder.]
I know.
[But it is all Kratos has to offer; and it is that sort of thinking which has perpetuated the war. He turns his head to rest it more properly in Yuan's lap, and at same time shift so his shoulder is pressed more firmly against Yuan's hand.]
But the belief that such things are not enough has kept us warring for this long. So: it is not much. But can it be enough?
[For just the two of them, and the potential of friendship, and all the difficulties and doubts therein? Surely even now in their small way they're making history. Who ever heard of a Tethe'allan and a Sylveranti making friends?]
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I know.
[But it is all Kratos has to offer; and it is that sort of thinking which has perpetuated the war. He turns his head to rest it more properly in Yuan's lap, and at same time shift so his shoulder is pressed more firmly against Yuan's hand.]
But the belief that such things are not enough has kept us warring for this long. So: it is not much. But can it be enough?
[For just the two of them, and the potential of friendship, and all the difficulties and doubts therein? Surely even now in their small way they're making history. Who ever heard of a Tethe'allan and a Sylveranti making friends?]