Lifting an ear and looking to Kate questioningly as she hugged him, Jasper listened to her words. He relaxed a little knowing his apologizes, even though deemed unnecessary, were accepted. However, at the mention of a punishment his eyes flashed and he looked up to Kate, slightly worried. It didn't seem like much, only 30 minutes, but he also didn't know what 'snow time' was or what it would involve. Kate, knowing this explained while Jasper listened, his head tilted to the side a bit.<br/><br/>It didn't exactly sound like a punishment, but Jasper wasn't going to question Kate. He had seen people ice skate before, and the idea of learning was both frightening as well as tempting. Before he could ask Kate what she meant by getting bruises on his own terms, he felt her place some of the crab cake in his mouth. Instinctively he recoiled at the intrusion but as he tasted the food, he eased back to his original position. Licking his lips, he tasted the wassail which left a strange taste in his mouth, not completely unpleasant, but definitely new. During all this, his ears continued to swivel, picking up snippets of conversation, the sound of the door opening, somebody roaring with laughter. It was almost as though he were incapable of shutting out everything else, needing to know what was happening around him at all times, always on guard.