Anyone I do not outrank?

[There is some faint amusement there. Yuan shakes his head a little, drops it back to lean against Kratos.]

I cannot even say so with a straight face. It would be foolhardy; but it seems I cannot help but defend you.

[Even from the General; even if he must needs do more than he has already. For this, Yuan is discovering with a sudden fierce passion, there is not much he wouldn't fight.]

I should still prefer to hold no chains, but... if this is enough for you, then that is sufficient for now.