"Some of the others here also have special abilities. Not the small science, or the magic here, they have powers of some kind in their world too." Jesper isn't even thinking of Wanda, who is a different kind of magic user, he's thinking of Geralt and Peter and Shepard. Other people he's seen around who are capable of extraordinary things, more than what was given here.
"There's not a whole lot of us, but we could make a mark, if they ever gave us a reason." He says that in a way that he knows Kaz understands. The Crows were only a handful of dangerous teenagers and they upended their entire city. Even if there's only seventy or less Summoned, thirty-ish here in Cadens, they could do damage. He doesn't think they want to, but it is one of those 'fuck around and find out' possibilities for the people in charge here.
"No, Wylan's not here." Which is, of course, agonizing. Or it was, in the start. Although sometimes he thinks it's even worse with time, that he forgets he misses him until he doesn't. It's so very stupid but it hasn't stopped him from moving on in other ways. "But ... Saints, Kaz, Matthias was here. Before me, Inej talked to him. By the time I arrived, he was gone." But he was alive, briefly, again. Something worth mentioning for certain.
"Thorne is the enemy, yes, although some of our Summoned are trapped there and not the enemy. I've been trying to find a way to get them out if war happens, but it's locked up tight, no portals in or out." Jesper can tell Kaz that when he's held it back from most people, as Jesper is very good at seeming like he has no plans at all ever. But he has been very anxious about his friends in Thorne. If they go to war, they might be in danger.
Jesper smiles faintly at him. "I've been homesick, Kaz. Of course it's the Crow Club." And Wylan's mansion, actually, but he hasn't mentioned that because it's technically being redone now. He just hasn't chosen what to do with that space as a way to force himself to move on.
"Your titles have done that, but they've also trapped you. Put you into a box where everything you do has to meet the checklist of what Dirtyhands requires, not what Kaz Brekker does." Jesper is also being very honest and direct. He's always respected the Wraith and Dirtyhands, but they're not the people he loves, that's Inej and Kaz. "I know it's difficult they don't matter here, but it means you can start a new reputation."
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"There's not a whole lot of us, but we could make a mark, if they ever gave us a reason." He says that in a way that he knows Kaz understands. The Crows were only a handful of dangerous teenagers and they upended their entire city. Even if there's only seventy or less Summoned, thirty-ish here in Cadens, they could do damage. He doesn't think they want to, but it is one of those 'fuck around and find out' possibilities for the people in charge here.
"No, Wylan's not here." Which is, of course, agonizing. Or it was, in the start. Although sometimes he thinks it's even worse with time, that he forgets he misses him until he doesn't. It's so very stupid but it hasn't stopped him from moving on in other ways. "But ... Saints, Kaz, Matthias was here. Before me, Inej talked to him. By the time I arrived, he was gone." But he was alive, briefly, again. Something worth mentioning for certain.
"Thorne is the enemy, yes, although some of our Summoned are trapped there and not the enemy. I've been trying to find a way to get them out if war happens, but it's locked up tight, no portals in or out." Jesper can tell Kaz that when he's held it back from most people, as Jesper is very good at seeming like he has no plans at all ever. But he has been very anxious about his friends in Thorne. If they go to war, they might be in danger.
Jesper smiles faintly at him. "I've been homesick, Kaz. Of course it's the Crow Club." And Wylan's mansion, actually, but he hasn't mentioned that because it's technically being redone now. He just hasn't chosen what to do with that space as a way to force himself to move on.
"Your titles have done that, but they've also trapped you. Put you into a box where everything you do has to meet the checklist of what Dirtyhands requires, not what Kaz Brekker does." Jesper is also being very honest and direct. He's always respected the Wraith and Dirtyhands, but they're not the people he loves, that's Inej and Kaz. "I know it's difficult they don't matter here, but it means you can start a new reputation."