[Mentally, he was smirking - better people than this girl have tried to get him to fess up to things, and not even the Demon Dragon King Gaav could get information out of Xellos.

Externally, however, he coughed, waving off dust and smoke, and generally looked rather frazzled.]

Miss, there's really nothing to confess to! I'm a simple priest - people confess to me!