Those first messages to Mat seem like a lifetime or two ago, a time when Kaz still lashed out over talking things through. Okay maybe not all of that has changed, but it has where Mat's concerned. And not just because they had come to understand the other would do almost anything where Jesper was concerned. Mat becoming one of Kaz's people, as he sees it, is a change he had never expected and yet he finds himself glad for.

And still that message comes as a shock, blinking at Jesper a moment before they're on their feet.

Not caring that it hurts to push himself, even if he knows Jesper will hold himself back for Kaz, because the pain simply isn't as important as getting to Portam Hall. Listening as they go, frowning as he considers what this might all mean as he hears of others missing people... or finding them as they seek out Mat.

Before he can say anything, Jesper is off at a long legged run, shaking his head as he follows behind him more sedately. Pausing to lean on his cane, watching the pair for a moment with a small nod no one is likely to notice.

"Well it took you long enough, didn't it?"

He's glad to see Mat too, obviously.