Even if my wish was something I'd kill for, I certainly wouldn't do so now. There's entirely too much we don't know, ja? I didn't have anything to do with this.

[Whether Alexei believes him or not ultimately isn't all that important, as long as Alexei doesn't push the others into thinking he did it, anyway.]

I imagine you came to the same conclusion.

[Whether Alexei will kill for his wish or not is certainly up in the air, but he wouldn't kill this soon - that's obvious.]