"I know, sweetheart. And you should miss him because he is a good man and a good friend. And you'll remember that about him, even if it's mixed in with pain and loss."

Jesper isn't going to use the term 'was' because Anakin still is alive somewhere, he went back to his timeline. As far as he knows, death isn't what he was going back to. Jesper hopes not at least. That's always the hardest ones, like with Matthias. Also 'was' is so final. Depressing. This is depressing enough already.

He rubs a hand up and down Mat's back, trying to comfort him as best as he can. Not that physical gestures can really, in the end, help what is a heartache. It is a reminder that every day they have here shouldn't be taken for granted. Something he thinks the two of them are aware of, but it's easy to forget too.

"Come on, sweetheart, let's go to the inn. We can settle in the room for a bit." He doesn't think it best for them to go on a romp around Nocwich with this hanging over them, it might be better to sit and get comfort where they can get it.