"You say as if we're not part of a whole troupe of crazy people," Jesper murmurs, letting Wylan settle in against his side. They both carried their own grief and trauma from recent events, but like this--like this, he could at least feel as if they shouldered them well enough together.

He sighs at Wylan's next observation, true as it may be. "If anyone likes this place, I'm making a point to stay far away from them." That was not the kind of person they needed to be dealing with on top of everything else. "The point, apparently, is supposed to be redemption. I'm not so sure it's actually obtainable."