"No, they don't know anything about us. That's a lie from the start." Jesper sounds completely confident of that, and he is. Pure logic, same as what Claude said. If they knew what everyone could do, if they knew who they were before, this entire thing would look very different. If they could control who they brought, they'd be picking the right soldiers. Jesper is convinced it's a completely randomized spell of some kind and they don't know a thing about them, except perhaps their name. The arcana is magically assigned to them.

"They're watching us but they haven't used us yet, it's baffling. We literally have people who can lift a bloody tank, and no one's come around forcibly conscripting. It makes no sense." And if they use Jesper to get into that, it's a concern, but in general he has been paranoid about this for a long time. They could try much more to get them to work for them, but they don't. He's used to powerful groups having a clear nefarious intention.

That honestly adds to all this fear because it means there is no clear answer. What they want, what they'll do. No one knows because they have yet to flex any muscle whatsoever. It is going to make him crazy until something finally makes sense, even if it's villainous, especially if it is.

"I'm the same way, but not good at accepting it, as I'm sure you've figured out." Jesper likes being the loyal one but he squirms at being the one that needs the protecting. It's not his role in the gang. He's the gun Kaz points and pulls the trigger. "I'll talk to the boss, we'll make a plan." He pauses. "Kaz, I mean. He's quiet so not a lot of people know he's around." Always scheming though. And Jesper's around him a lot, until recently.