[the slowest of slow head-turns to stare at him holy shit this breaks all his rules and yet what is he going to do, complain?

Well he does give Masaomi a touch of the stinkeye but...]

...if you must know, it shot a fireball at me. Given the burns on my clothing when I arrive here, that's my best guess. [although...] It did have very large fangs. Good guess.