Kratos looked at Rylie, taking in her words of wisdom. He seemed to take it quite well considering he had thrown a ball of flames at his familiar when something similar was said. Granted Raphael's way of doing things was usually exaggerated and full of emotion. When she mentioned the familiar and fighting lessons, he fell into stride with Rylie.<br/><br/>"From what Emily said about her needs, I'd say a dragon would be the best classification of familiar for her." Kratos smiled at the reaction he got from Emily and then turned to open a door leading to what looked like a small pool of liquid that was glowing as if it were dark when in fact it was perfectly lit in the room. There were also symbols covering the ground around the pool of liquid. Raphael smiled and grabbed Emily's hand as he saw the fear evident on her face. "Hey, it'll be okay. Here, I'll be right here beside you. don't worry about a thing."<br/><br/>Kratos was legitimately surprised at the display of genuine concern Raphael was showing towards Emily. He had never seen Raphael act like this towards<span style="font-style: italic">anyone</span>, not even himself. He smiled at that when another thought entered his head.<span style="font-style: italic">~If Raphael can do this, then I should be able to as well.~</span>He thought, not bothering to block it from being heard by Rylie if she was trying to read his mind.<br/><br/>Turning to Emily, Kratos said, "All you have to do is submerge yourself once and then get out of the basin. It's that simple. Try not to drink any of it though, because the ingredients are expensive. We'll begin the combat lessons when you're done."<br/><br/>At this point Raphael decided to say something random. "Hey Kratos, are you shirtless because of those wings, or because you<span style="font-style: italic">want</span>Rylie to look at your muscles?"