"Can't blame a kid for getting distracted by sweets."

The lie comes easily, half truth and half falsehood. Lashan can take what she wishes from the statement.

"Anyway, I told you already. Sleeping without a sword's pointless for me. Bad idea out on your own. Then you ran off to go do some dance all night, and I'm not gonna just sit around and wait."

He leaves out the detail of not being particularly convinced by the village guard, either, but figures the rest made enough sense. It wasn't even particuarly false, beyond muddying who physically took the blade from the forge.