Jesper's noticed the cheery person doing that and finds it amusing; the Doctor is someone he's seen around and chatted with, at least in a generalized kind of way. Jesper knows literally every single Summoned in Cadens, he has a detailed book about all of them, part thirst, part detail. He keeps an eye on them, he doesn't want another Goro on his hands, but this chap is definitely not that four-armed bastard, so it isn't a concern.

It's rearranging furniture but that's in part because they're revarnishing and cleaning up, repainting, just making everything look brand new. Jesper is fixing the wood himself and it may not be obvious on the outside what he's doing, how he slides his fingers along the backs and legs and they just seem to smooth over. He turns it around to take a look and then offers it up to him.

"You can arrange to your heart's content, mate, although Mags is no doubt going to just do it to her own liking when we're all done." The owner of the inn has been around talking to people and offering food and drinks, but she seems anxious about the process, mostly because they're doing it for her and she's used to doing things for other people.