[ Jesper was not in Ravka when it happened, so it really is only stories he's heard. They also all think that Saint Alina died when she closed the Fold, because that is the official story, the official legend. But it seems like it has a ring of similarity. The Darkling didn't seem to intend to do it, no stories insinuated that it was always his plan, it was an accident. The things people can accidentally do when they have power.

Jesper takes her hand when she reaches for it and he affectionately takes it to his lips to press a sweet kiss on her knuckles. He truly adores her. He doesn't have it linger and goes back to simply holding her hand, but it's a gesture to let her know that he cares. He'll worry but he trusts that the people around him can take care of themselves too. No one is helpless, especially not in a world made of magic. ]

Listen, I'm for connecting with this all-powerful magical entity, and if it has anything to say to us, I'm all ears.

[ If there is any way they can make friends with the Singularity, they should. Or by they, he means Julie, because he sure isn't going to go up to the thing. Perhaps he could, but his powers aren't the type that can suss someone out, all it would do is tell him more about what the rock was made of. Not whatever lived inside of it. Matter, not spiritual. ]

You're definitely the most connected person to it, I think, I've never heard anyone else here talk about the Singularity the way you do.