" So pretty much as Otis said everyone passed. We wanted you to learn to run away. But since you've never faced someone trying to actually kill you we decided to try out our acting skills." Hearing that they wouldn't be kicked out in to the plains for a week helped them relax. More so knowing that they weren't actually going to be mortally wounded some were able to sit down to join them.
" Now running away from an extremely dangerous opponent is not shameful. How else would the village know ranger was outside out door?" Otis made a good point, the logic was sound.
Creation is hard, cheer me up!