[ faster than the question about his home ship but slower than his dodging of the questions the night of the heartwood attack, dan heng's response appears. ]
i don't like falsehoods, cassian.
i have also had the good fortune so far of people simply accepting the person they see in front of them. if that continues, my life will remain simple.
[ its not lying. its not telling the truth either. it a request to change the conversation as much as he can without cutting off a... person who was a friend in the dream when he was solid enough to remember who he was, perhaps. enough for dan heng to resist the impulse to lie and flee the conversation entirely, running from his past as well as the unwelcome questions. ]
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i don't like falsehoods, cassian.
i have also had the good fortune so far of people simply accepting the person they see in front of them. if that continues, my life will remain simple.
[ its not lying. its not telling the truth either. it a request to change the conversation as much as he can without cutting off a... person who was a friend in the dream when he was solid enough to remember who he was, perhaps. enough for dan heng to resist the impulse to lie and flee the conversation entirely, running from his past as well as the unwelcome questions. ]