He still can't quite grasp that he's actually here. But he is, and soon he's laughing as Jesper is hugging him and Kaz is making dry jokes. He didn't even need to waive his official letter about!

Of course Mat hadn't been planning to defect to the Free Cities just yet, but who is he to argue with the workings of gods and greater powers? He's here now. And relatively certain he's not going to accidentally do anything disastrous.

Hopefully.

"Long enough, maybe, but not intentionally! Just ended up here!"

He's hugging Jesper back and laughing because right now he can't think of any other way to express himself. He's feeling far too many things at once right now!