[If Alexei's admitting to it... Well, he'll do what he can to help so Alexei's not stuck dealing with that.]

If you have need of me and I'm not present, send someone to fetch Gauche and Droite. They're almost always in town and they'll send for me right away.

[Did he ever introduce the twins to Alexei... eh, whatever, they'll just think Yeager's being weird again (which he is), nothing to worry about there.]