(Jesper follows him without question. You don't have to tell him to run twice! He may like to fight, but he's not stupid. He's never been to Ravka, not this version of him, so he doesn't really know what to expect of places like this. It must have been beautiful before it was attacked like this. They leave behind and run past people who can't be helped, or weren't able to, in the past.)
This was your home, right? How do you get out? You must know the way.
(All these fancy palaces have a ton of back rooms and back halls and what have you. Probably escape routes specifically for their royals and nobles for a situation like this. He probably could find the way himself if he got his powers involved, but he's running away with Nikolai, who knows this place. He spots the glowing arcana in the smoke but it's not for him.)
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This was your home, right? How do you get out? You must know the way.
(All these fancy palaces have a ton of back rooms and back halls and what have you. Probably escape routes specifically for their royals and nobles for a situation like this. He probably could find the way himself if he got his powers involved, but he's running away with Nikolai, who knows this place. He spots the glowing arcana in the smoke but it's not for him.)