"I can see where he'd offer them something they'd want, being a giant terrifying monster warrior. But they'd want the lot of us, not one of us. He can't take on an army by himself." Jesper is fairly certain as big and scary as the man looks, there are plenty of them that could use their own gifts to even the odds if need be. He's not going to pick a fight, but he won't worry about whether they can take care of themselves. And Cadens would be stupid to go for the one when they can go for the many.

"I think we'd have to go to the Singularity itself, the Horizon is supposed to be connected to it. Maybe if the people from Thorne go there they could get to the other factions, but it's apparently a rough journey." Jesper would already have been trying to get out, but he would've been lucky like Inej and crossed over at the peace summit. "They can't leave the castle, so it'd be hard to get out. You'd think that would be a big enough red flag."

He knows that it makes some people feel pampered and safe, but for him it would be the worst kind of control. A boot on the neck. No amount of money is worth that, especially if you can't go out and live it up and use it. "Mat's not willing to leave his other friends." Which Jesper understands. As she knows, he'd never leave his friends behind either. But it complicates things.