Jesper glances up at him and he can see how unsettled he is. He crosses over and cups Mat's face in his hands. "We'll figure out something. Or maybe we're just stuck here until it decides to let us go. I'm not going to let anything happen to you." He kisses Mat's forehead tenderly, hoping even a little reassurance would help. He means it.

It is very difficult to make Jesper afraid, he is fairly fearless when it comes to himself, but he gets far more concerned about the people he loves. That can worry him. If this is Mat's memory or something that reminds him of it, and it's a consuming thing? Well, no need to panic, but there may be some panic later.

He thinks waiting may be the only move ahead of them, but not if this anxiety in his stomach turns out to be valid. There don't seem to be other structures they can get to either. "How did you get out of that other place?"