If this had been anyone else ... and honestly, how much did she really know the man? Idiot.

She shouldn't have come alone. If Kratos had been there from the start, it might have been a chance of convincing him -- but of course she had to poke her nose into it. Without thinking. So much for being past that.

"... Yes, support." Raine finds herself speaking anyway, keeping her voice calm, even as she maintains that distance. Stepping back as he rises so he'd feel that he had more space. Always has to have that last word, even as the sound of that claw catches her attention. Just what --- "You're the one who came to me first, remember?"