"I wouldn't say he spoke of it openly." Felix considers his words through another slow spoonful of stew. Norn's description is apt - and more perceptive than he might expect. Jim's good at seeming like an open book, and it's been long enough since Felix managed to slip beneath his defenses that the conjurer sometimes forgets how tough they are from the outside.

"He and I are... very close," he supplies with a shrug. "And I try to be a good confidant."