Jesper made the life he wanted for himself when he went to Ketterdam, but he was lonely growing up. He lived on a farm and had to support his father, and while he always got along very well with other people, most of them knew about his mother and suspected he was a Grisha. There wasn't hate thrown his way but wariness was expected even in safer areas. He got to remake himself and never have to be lonely again.

"I would say we're family, but the kind of family that shares no blood so it's not strange that we sometimes hook up." It's a gang full of hot young people on the whole. These things happen. Not to mention the Crows all paired off into their little couples, so they can be family and also together. "I think of much of the Cadens group as my family too." They're very tight knit.

Jesper looks at the snowglobe and it's sweet that Wille went with something casual like a pond. Most people would want dramatic buildings or cities in theirs. He smiles and nods, turning to offer the merchant the coin needed for it.

"What's your brother like?"