Reified argument bounds not checked

Question

Why does the below code compile?

Inside SomeScope.getEntity():

get<Entity>() clearly violates the bounds of the get() function. But if you omit <Entity> (which you can because of return type inference) the code compiles.

interface EntityBase
interface Entity

class SomeScope {
    inline fun <reified T : EntityBase> get(): T {
        return "whatever" as T  // doesn't matter
    }
}

fun SomeScope.getEntity(): Entity {
    return get() // get<Entity>() wouldn't compile
}