He couldn't just tell Ben where he'd met her outright, although he also wasn't particularly good at lying - the difference between Ben and, say, Lachlan MacFusty, was that Ben had had a front row seat to Arthur ruining his life, and MacFusty just heard about it. Since things were not bad - they were fine and normal and so was Arthur - he didn't want to worry Ben by talking about the casino as if it was a place he regularly went to.
"Yeah, Scrimgeour," Art echoed; a beat passed before he added, "I saw her in Irvingly, I guess she lives there now."
"Yeah, Scrimgeour," Art echoed; a beat passed before he added, "I saw her in Irvingly, I guess she lives there now."