Jesper doesn't love it either. He has gone all these months without Kaz and Wylan, without being able to write to his father. He has made a life for himself here because that is what Jesper does best, rolling with the changes around him, always so fast on his feet. He does miss home. And yet, he has not even given a moment's thought to finding a way back. Mostly because Julie told him it was a terrible and dangerous idea, and he trusts her. He's not going to go messing around with that type of magic.
"I think it will. I think it's only a question of when before they tap into us. So I suppose all we can do is wait and see if we can sell ourselves in a way we can live with." Or, you know, run away. Jesper is more than happy to run away, as Kaz knows, although he would call it more of a strategic retreat. But if they want their skills, and they aren't asking too much from them, maybe a hired gun is better than that. Jesper's sold himself before.
"It's Inej. Of course she's sure." Jesper shakes his head. "I don't think it's bringing them back from the dead, I think it's when they're taking people from. The last thing I knew there, I was in Wylan's house, we were talking about new papers. Then I was here. They must have taken him before he died." So it's not as much of a miracle as it was good and smart timing. Jesper is surprised they don't take a whole lot of soon-to-be-dead people. Then they have reasons to stay.
"Come now, Kaz, it's me. I have plenty of bearing here. I'm already the guy who knows everyone and people come to for information." That is one of the things he did for Kaz, although Kaz's iron trap mind meant he didn't need someone else to think for him. But Jesper's an excellent second, being the warm exterior good at making people like him.
Jesper looks genuinely surprised at the turn with Dirtyhands, although maybe he shouldn't be. "No. We wouldn't have followed you if we felt that way." Or been so intensely loyal. Jesper would do anything for Kaz, and he feels like he deserves it, that his loyalty has been earned. "But you are more than the title. You've always been. We know that intimately well."
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"I think it will. I think it's only a question of when before they tap into us. So I suppose all we can do is wait and see if we can sell ourselves in a way we can live with." Or, you know, run away. Jesper is more than happy to run away, as Kaz knows, although he would call it more of a strategic retreat. But if they want their skills, and they aren't asking too much from them, maybe a hired gun is better than that. Jesper's sold himself before.
"It's Inej. Of course she's sure." Jesper shakes his head. "I don't think it's bringing them back from the dead, I think it's when they're taking people from. The last thing I knew there, I was in Wylan's house, we were talking about new papers. Then I was here. They must have taken him before he died." So it's not as much of a miracle as it was good and smart timing. Jesper is surprised they don't take a whole lot of soon-to-be-dead people. Then they have reasons to stay.
"Come now, Kaz, it's me. I have plenty of bearing here. I'm already the guy who knows everyone and people come to for information." That is one of the things he did for Kaz, although Kaz's iron trap mind meant he didn't need someone else to think for him. But Jesper's an excellent second, being the warm exterior good at making people like him.
Jesper looks genuinely surprised at the turn with Dirtyhands, although maybe he shouldn't be. "No. We wouldn't have followed you if we felt that way." Or been so intensely loyal. Jesper would do anything for Kaz, and he feels like he deserves it, that his loyalty has been earned. "But you are more than the title. You've always been. We know that intimately well."