Lying had been hammered into all the children as Very Bad from an early age, but telling stories? Not the same thing.
"Pleased to meet you, Reverend! I'm Ash, and this is my sister Brook. We just got here!" Ash said cheerfully and truthfully, also bending down to play with the dog. He loved dogs. He was going to miss their family dog back home quite a lot. "We love seeing new places!" He looked back at Brook with a shrug. Planning for the eventuality of stepping into the real world was not the same as actually doing it. Hadn't they meant to emerge into a house, anyway? A house of God was safe enough.