[Her smile doesn't fade, but skepticism trickles into her reply. She knows he knows her better than that.]
I think we both know that we're probably both really good at not technically lying.
[Omission, suggestion, lack of denial, nuance. There are a dozen other ways to lie without outright deceit and yet all of them lead to the same end. All are ways to gain control.
Hayley spends so much of her time lying that she's lost what's true and what isn't anymore on a shallow level, sometimes forgetting her own likes and dislikes or ways to respond to people. It's part of what makes sincere honesty so difficult for her now.]
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I think we both know that we're probably both really good at not technically lying.
[Omission, suggestion, lack of denial, nuance. There are a dozen other ways to lie without outright deceit and yet all of them lead to the same end. All are ways to gain control.
Hayley spends so much of her time lying that she's lost what's true and what isn't anymore on a shallow level, sometimes forgetting her own likes and dislikes or ways to respond to people. It's part of what makes sincere honesty so difficult for her now.]