He needed to be quick on his feet. Baghra had run her mouth, but his mother had been known to get drunk and rant and rave and sprout nonsense.
"Is that what Baghra told you?" He was a mask of calm. "Alina, you, as well as every Grisha here know of her drunking ramblings when she has too much kvas. I know I've been away for two years, but you all know me. I'd never lie to you. Everything I've told you is true."