There is a sleeping family that starts to wake when you enter.
"Good....uh...evening? Sorry to barge in on you like this. We just had an encounter in your quaint village. Big monster, damsel in distress, acrobatic fighting, the stuff of stories. When we conquered our foe, with no small assistance from yours truly here, the strangest thing happened. The monster, the damsel, and the other 'villagers' (he does air quotes) all disappeared. Gone. No puff of smoke, no flash of teleportation, just not there."
Damian will walk over to one of the family members. "Please don't take this the wrong way and I mean no offense, but, are you real?"
and Damian will poke them, hard