He opted to make it seem as if it was all Ivorybeak’s ingenious doing that solved the shit with the Firthengarians and Celestia. They could go bother him for details about that mess, rather than Handy having to tell them the truth and then answer twenty million more questions. At least that way when the unbelievable truth came out about it, he had Ivorybeak backing up his word. The bird could also take all the credit for himself and save Handy the trouble. Either was good.