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[itookashot]

"I've met her, she definitely made me feel protective too. She's lucky to have you." Jesper was very gentle with her in a way he isn't for everyone. She just has that effect on people apparently, so he's not at all surprised. She seemed very sweet and like she was not at all prepared for this place. None of them are, but she is clearly a high born lady. Jesper went from flirty to kind in an instant. He knows better than to play with people who can't handle it.

The arm slung around him angles so he can slide his hand up and down Mat's back in a soothing gesture. After all the pain he put him through, it's difficult not to want to take it all back. To wish that they could turn back time.

He thinks Anakin is like Kaz, from what he knows of him, so he has a few guesses about that one. Jesper is typically a very communicative person, so it took awhile before he got used to that sort of personality.

"Anakin always struck me as someone who probably fears being a burden to others so he holds it all inside. It might be he's doing that with you." He's not his best friend or anything, but Jesper is usually a fairly good judge of character. "I'm sorry you've been so lonely, love. You shouldn't have to go through any of this alone."

[a_better_man]

"He's not that way with me. He tells me all kinds of things. He was...he had someone to lean on and was doing so. But it still left another hole."

A very empty and looming one. Mat knows it wasn't intentional, but it had hurt him all the same. He'd been bruised and tender already and quick to find misery wherever he could.

"It was just a terrible month to be in a sad state. Everyone had wounds to lick, and not much to spare for anyone else's."

Certainly not Mat's heartbreak, considering what so many of them had just been through. Half the time he'd felt ridiculous himself, being so upset over that when he'd spent a month being starved and tortured and mutating into light knew what. Which did prey on him, and he sure does have nightmares. One positive of having the room to himself - no one to hear him wake up with a scream.

He shifts a bit closer to Jesper.

"It was a terrible month."

[itookashot]

"It's alright to feel sad or disappointed that your friend wasn't around for you. You should talk to him, clear the air. He's a good guy, I'm positive he'd listen."

Jesper has many good friends and he often feels confident enough in their standing to be honest with them. If it came to that. Due to his mostly sunny personality, he rarely ends up in conflict with any of them. Mat was a rare exception because of the situation they were in. There were a few times with Kaz that he's had to push conflict. In the end, it's made them closer.

He shifts closer himself when Mat does. Instinctively mirroring him as he feels like the party who wronged so it's up to Mat to decide how he feels about this. He hasn't pulled away from Jesper's affection. Gray eyes are fixed on his face, having thought he wouldn't see it for much longer.

"It was. I'm sorry that I made it worse for you, love. But I'm here now, and you can lean on me."