Oh, I've spoken to them since-- but considering someone's already warned me off using the room again and said it was their advice, I assumed they'd heard about it.

[he just sort of shrugs, at that.]

I think it did mean something, though. It's probably more likely to twist the truth than outright lie-- that's usually the most effective.

I was told that room's the only one that showed up as red when seen through one of the items here, too, so I... thought it was very likely to be related to the source, if it's not the source itself.