Sherlock. [Gongenzaka's voice is stern, and he shakes his more doggish head.]

I, the man Gongenzaka, was lured aside by these beings, unable to notice them as well. None of us realized they were there, until they made themselves known!

If I, the man Gongenzaka, can be forgiven...then you, most certainly, deserve it as well. I should hardly think that you were a fool, in that moment.