"What? Are you telling me I'm a bad conversationalist?"

Jesper will easily be able to tell the difference by now between Ciri's genuinely snappish tone and her dry teasing. He also might've earned a few points further in his favor by being such a good friend to Julie; that hasn't gone entirely unnoticed.

"Mm. I gathered a bit of that when we were at the ravine. I understand why you wanted... discretion." Just as she had.

"All right. I'll take you up on the offer one of these days."

Yule's coming up, and she has some vague ideas that Jesper might actually be able to help her with after all.