Grigori weathered Dina's looks with his usual vacant smile as he waited for the detail in Jakov's story that would vindicate his actions. It came when the former adjutant admitted his former allegiance to Count Galdana and revealed something none of them knew before: Their mutual enemy's connection to The Whispering Way. That was the point where he gave the woman an 'I told you so' look that almost relieved him of the shivers that came from being directly under her gaze. The bearded witch was going to give Jet a hushing look as well, but Dina took care of that, herself.<br/><br/>He had only taken a few sips of tea by the time their guest had finished explaining himself. At some point during the tale, Grigori waved Anna over to his side so that he could pet her head as one would a prized dog or cat. When the noble's speech was over, Grigori spoke up again. "Looks like yer in luck, Milovanovic. We're no friends o' the Highborn Count, neither. Now, we ain't gonna throw you out. Hell, it'd be stupid of us to even<em>let</em>you out. S'a little convenient you runnoft in a random direction and found us, though. Did you or anyone else already know we were here?"<br/><br/>(Sense Motive on whatever he says next: 12 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=52689).)