Affection

There are various instances that change Kratos' affection for Lloyd. If you want to get Kratos back at the end of the game, you'll have to be sure to stay on his good side as well as talk to him in Flanoir.

IN ISELIA TEMPLE:
• "What did you say!?" (-)
• "...Gotcha." (+)

AFTER COLETTE'S FIRST MEETING WITH REMIEL:
• Talk with Kratos first. (+)
• Talk with Colette or Genis. (Nothing)

AT DIRK'S HOUSE:
• Talk with Kratos. (+)
• Talk with Colette, Genis or Raine. (Nothing)

AT TRIET INN:
• "Let's follow him." (+)
• "Let's leave him alone." (Nothing)

CAMPING BY TRIET:
• "The village was my fault." (+)
• "I guess you're right." (++)

IN OSSA TRAIL:
• "Leave her alone. She's an enemy." (+)
• "Well...I do feel a bit sorry for her." (-)

AT HIMA INN:
• "All right." (+)
• "Okay, but..." (+)

AT ASGARD HUMAN RANCH:
• Pick Kratos to go with Lloyd (+)
• Pick Kratos to activate switches (-) [bad idea]

AT LUIN (AFTER ASGARD RANCH):
• "All right." (+)
• "No!" (++)

AT HAKONESIA PEAK:
• "Yeah, okay." (+)
• "Releasing the seals comes first." (Nothing)

IN THE HOUSE OF SALVATION (SPIRITUA STATUE):
• "I'll go get it." (-)
• "The problem is the geyser." (+)

AT PALMACOSTA HUMAN RANCH:
• "Let's go attack!" (-)
• "Let's return to Palmacosta." (+)

PALMACOSTA (CONVERSATION WITH DORR):
• "Okay." (Nothing)
• "That I can't do." (+)

PALMACOSTA (CONVERSATION WITH NEIL):
• "I guess that's okay." (+)
• "That's a little..." (-)

THODA GEYSER (RETRIEVING THE STATUE):
• If you succeed. (++)
• If you fail and Kratos saves you. (+)
• If you fail and someone else saves you. (Nothing)

ASGARD (FAKE CHOSEN):
• "Well, all right." (-)
• "No." (+)

TRAINING SESSIONS WITH KRATOS (PALMACOSTA, ASGARD, LUIN, HIMA):
• If you decide to train with him. (+)

There are also those overworld skits. Not sure what they are? They're those blue and white glowing things on the map that activate skits when you walk into them. The following ones pertain to Lloyd and Kratos:

EAST OF HIMA:
• "Whatever." (Nothing)
• "I don't dislike you." (+)

SOUTH OF IZOOLD:
• "Yeah." (Nothing)
• "What's so foolish about it!?" (+)

SOUTHWEST OF FLANOIR:
• "What're you doing?!" (+)
• "I'll leave him alone." (Nothing)

SOUTHWEST OF LUIN:
• "That's true." (+)
• "I'll leave him alone." (Nothing)

Overall, it is very difficult to sway Kratos away from Lloyd. He is his son after all. Lloyd's responses either generally do not effect Kratos' affection, or increase it, so you really don't have much to worry about. Generally, Kratos tends to agree with the more negative and logical responses, so making Lloyd more mature makes him happy. But he does not want Lloyd to be down on himself either, because he cares about his son. As long as you choose responses you believe Kratos would make, you'll be fine.

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