O-Oh, well, that's...

Y-Yeah! What she said!

I see...

So the story about their meeting that we heard before was a lie, and this... was the truth?

Why did you hide it from us?

They had no choice but not to make up that inoffensive story.

Ms Big-Ears is an administrator and saint. It wouldn't be good for her reputation to admit that she got herself bitten by a devil.