Kira has known him ever since he was born.He is very friendly, and talks with a strange accent and lilt because he is from the Fen. The Fen is the poor section of Kira's village. Matt is always covered in a layer of grime, and refuses to wash it off. He is very sweet, and even saves some of Kira's things from her cott(house, probably short for cottage) before the Council of the Guardians allows it to be burned. Burning the cott is customary when the inhabitants die due to a disease or illness. The burning leaves Kira with nothing to her name but the basket-full of things Matt graciously saved for his friend.
He has little understanding of many things, for example he thinks a gift is, " something to make a person like you best". He is very selfless, expressed by when he saved a crippled dog, that he named Branch, from death. Kira is delighted by his level of curiosity, which matches that of hers. They are always willing to spend time with each other, be it at the dyer Annabella's cott, or even just in the village.
Matt is Kira's only other best friend, and is always ready to help her. He is very playful with her about her "gimpy leg", and loves hanging out with her and Thomas at the Council Edifice.
| What I imagine the dog, Branch, that Matt saved looks like. Image courtesy of google.com |
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