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The Truth About Lying
“He stole.”
“Yes.”
“And the truth mattered.”
“It did.”
“So what am I missing?”
Vincent turned to him.
“The truth didn’t heal that. People did.”
Henry said nothing.
Vincent nodded toward the office.
“Come.”
They returned to the back room.
Jinji was already there, the Verax patch on the table between them.
Claire came in last and shut the door.
For a while, no one spoke.
Then Vincent said, “I want to tell you something before you go any further.”
Jinji sighed. “If this is a sermon, can we make it brief?” “It’s not a sermon.”
“Good.”
“It’s a warning.”
That quieted her.
Vincent sat down.
“Human beings lie because human beings can imagine.”
“An animal knows what is in front of it,” Vincent said. “A human being knows what is, what was, what might be, what
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