[He's honestly not sure if she's hiding it because she doesn't want people to have to look or because she doesn't want them to look, so that just means they can both awkwardly try and ignore the elephant missing fingers in the... hallway. Yes. They're doing great already.

Her apology gets a quick shake of the head -- he's stopped completely now and settled in so sure, they can just stand next to this problematic bedframe and hash things out.]

Eh... No, really, you shouldn't be apologizing. You couldn't have known what was going to happen; only our hosts could have known that. [a brief, flat pause directed either at the house or its staff or both, before he goes on] But now that we know they take these punishments and rules seriously...

What are you going to do?