Originally posted by Burning thought
No, if he was going to crush him he wouldnt have been making him suffer, that actually proves me correct because obviously being crushed to dust is not suffering, the fact he was making conversation alone and was not making any noises of exaustion or even effort shows he was not putting hardly any effort at all into it. Which makes it a pretty unknown feat.
More than likely true that he didn't put all of his power into crushing Kratos, but repelling even a fraction of his strength is amazing.