[ oh no, FLAYN. that's so cute, beau immediately cracks up. ]
Aw, babe. Okay - well, I'm glad you actually do like me, first off. [ she's so amused. ] Second off, you gotta practice hiding your facial expressions. That's what gives you away, the fact that you look like a kicked puppy like, immediately.
Yeah, here. So say you have a cart that you've had for years - one of the wheels refuses to stay on the cart after around thirty minutes of moving anywhere. But you wanna sell it, so.
You tell the person you're trying to sell to that the cart has served you really well. It's easy to hook up to a horse and just go, with. Those are both true, they just don't know about the wheel that falls off. Kind of lying by omission, almost.
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fishingforcompliments) wrote2020-06-07 12:24 pm
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[MMMMGHHHHH. She's so used to keeping it a secret; she doesn't know what to do now that the information is Out There.]
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[ she tilts her head back. ] Why does it bother you? Not saying it shouldn't, I'm just curious.
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[She bites her bottom lip.]
...my family is... a little different from those around us. If people were to discover just how different, it could end... poorly.
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Got it. [ she purses her lips. ] I mean, you could say the paper is lying. Or lie about why your family is different?
Or I can beat up people who get too nosy.
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[She sighs.]
And I really am not a skillful liar.
[Wait.]
Please do not beat anyone up!
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[teach her the art of deception!!]
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Here - try lying right now?
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[she sits down and... tries to lie.]
...um - I do not like you very much.
[immediately, she feels bad for even saying such a thing, and guilt clouds over her expression]
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Aw, babe. Okay - well, I'm glad you actually do like me, first off. [ she's so amused. ] Second off, you gotta practice hiding your facial expressions. That's what gives you away, the fact that you look like a kicked puppy like, immediately.
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[yes
yes it fucking is.]
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Maybe you can wrap all your lies in truths, and see if that works a little better.
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[Hmm.]
I think I understand, but could you give me an example?
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You tell the person you're trying to sell to that the cart has served you really well. It's easy to hook up to a horse and just go, with. Those are both true, they just don't know about the wheel that falls off. Kind of lying by omission, almost.
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[Her brow furrows.]
But what would you say if the person you sold it to came back and asked if you knew about the wheel?
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is she joking? probably ]
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[she believes her.]
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