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The Truth About Lying
“Animals can’t lie,” Vincent said. “They don’t see alternatives. We do. We see what is... and what isn’t... and we choose between them.”
“And sometimes we choose wrong,” Claire said.
“Sometimes we choose what lets us survive,” Vincent replied. “But here’s the part no one talks about.”
He paused.
“They talk about Jacob’s ladder. Dreams. Visions.” He shook his head slightly. “What fascinates me is something else entirely.”
“The origin of olives. And grapes.”
He let it sit.
“Everyone looks up. Ladders. Angels. Whatever came from the sky.” His gaze dropped. “But the real anomaly isn’t above us.”
He tapped the table once. “It’s below us.”
Henry frowned. “What is?”
“The ground,” Vincent said. “The strip of earth between Bethel and Gethsemane. People call it sacred like that explains something.”
“It doesn’t. Nobody asks why.”
Henry shifted in his chair. “You’re telling me the miracle is... dirt?”
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