[Well, they weren't entirely expecting him to take that at face value, but it was probably better this way anyway, if the door wasn't going to open otherwise. Repairing it probably would've required a new one anyway.

Padparadscha comes around to the side this time, crouching down alongside him and tilting their head a bit at the remains of the doorknob with a faint hum.]

I don't think so. See, this is unusual. [Padparadscha picks up a piece of the doorknob, that definitely looks like it was supposed to be attached to one of the other parts a moment ago, then picks up another, putting the edges together to mark what looks like a very sudden fracture.] It would take a very long time for metal to break like this naturally, unless it was bad from the start. But this is a very clean break.