In the school play, 12-year-old Xola was given the role of a tree while their siblings, Tendai and Priya, were given leading roles. During the auditions, all the information regarding who got which role was kept secret, and the children were told they would find out only at the first group rehearsal. Before the announcement, Tendai and Priya overhear the director praising Xola's talent but ultimately mentioning that Xola will play the tree. At the rehearsal, Xola is surprised and clearly disappointed upon learning about their role. Tendai and Priya pretend to be surprised as well. Their friend, Akio, who has no siblings in the play, genuinely does not know anyone's role until the rehearsal. Later that day, Akio remarks to Tendai and Priya that Xola must have been very surprised by their role. Should Tendai and Priya assume Akio knows they were not actually surprised?

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Tendai and Priya should not assume Akio knows they were not actually surprised because Akio only observed the roles being announced at the group rehearsal, without any prior knowledge of the results. His remark is based on the genuine reactions of the children at that moment. Akio's information is limited to what he has seen and heard during the rehearsal, and he has no reason to believe that Tendai and Priya had any knowledge before the official announcement. Tendai and Priya's pretense at the rehearsal successfully conveyed the impression that they learned about the roles at the same time as everyone else. Without any additional context to suggest that Tendai and Priya were privy to the roles beforehand, Akio is likely to assume their surprise was authentic. Akio's statement is based on the natural assumption that all children, including Tendai and Priya, are finding out about the roles for the first time at the rehearsal, as Xola's disappointment seemed genuine to an observer with his limited information. Since Akio does not have evidence to the contrary, Tendai and Priya have no reason to believe that Akio suspects their knowledge of the role assignments prior to the group rehearsal.