"Trust me, I am very good at sudden escapes." If need be, Mat's certain he can get himself out. He even, at least now, has some new built in skills that would only give him an advantage.

"And I am through being a broody hermit, I can only stand myself in that state for so long." And while he had taken to bed for a few days after that whole mess, he's realized that there's nothing he can do and folks know what they know now. No one's told him to fuck off over it.

He settles himself in, half leaning against Jesper as he picks at his plate.

"Besides, it would be so very cruel of me to deny my company to those who so greatly enjoy it. Who am I to deprive the world of the joy that is me?"