It's too easy to disprove to be worth the lie. There's also the very salient fact that she is, in fact, trying to make a good impression herself, and she would be outnumbered in this, should she try to push the issue without provocation. "I won't start anything, but I will finish it," Ylva says, grudgingly. "I'm not keeping secrets for you, either. People ask, I'll tell them."
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It's too easy to disprove to be worth the lie. There's also the very salient fact that she is, in fact, trying to make a good impression herself, and she would be outnumbered in this, should she try to push the issue without provocation. "I won't start anything, but I will finish it," Ylva says, grudgingly. "I'm not keeping secrets for you, either. People ask, I'll tell them."