Mat waggles his eyebrows at Jesper's whistle. His time in Thorne has been good to him, he's filled out properly, no longer ropey muscle stretched over bone. He looks fit, and he's not ashamed to show it off.

Especially to Jesper. He's never been in a position to have a regular partner, let alone two before. It's fun and exciting - it offers certain aspects of a relationship without all the rest of the clutter he'd prefer to avoid.

"This is the cleanest damned water I've seen outside of a bath!"

The castle baths, to be specific.

"And it's bigger than the swimming hole back in Emund's Field. I need something like this in my domain."