It would, in fact, take him a couple of minutes to recover, breathing heavily and more or less dazed, at the intensity of the moment. When she asked him about the lock, though, his eyes widened for a moment, then narrowed. "I don't know who told you I know about locks. I don't know nothing about locks," he said. (DC 12 Sense Motive to determine he's bluffing, or a DC 15 Perception followed by a DC 12 Know: Local to notice a small black mark on his right hand, on the webbing between his thumb and forefinger, and recognize it as the mark of someone who's been arrested for thievery.)