[That was just deflection, though, and Viktor was smart enough to know that.]
Nothing's wrong. Not with doing what you had to, whether it was a lie or not. I just...
[...Did it matter at this point? Keeping up the act? Viktor was asking him to go back to his world to deliver the news of his death, trusting him with that and more. With so many dead, the possibility of death hovering so close to the rest of them, did the secrets Aqua had kept so fiercely all his life have any meaning at all?
Slowly, carefully, he said:]
I... don't usually go around telling people I've lied for years, either. ...I've never told anyone.
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[That was just deflection, though, and Viktor was smart enough to know that.]
Nothing's wrong. Not with doing what you had to, whether it was a lie or not. I just...
[...Did it matter at this point? Keeping up the act? Viktor was asking him to go back to his world to deliver the news of his death, trusting him with that and more. With so many dead, the possibility of death hovering so close to the rest of them, did the secrets Aqua had kept so fiercely all his life have any meaning at all?
Slowly, carefully, he said:]
I... don't usually go around telling people I've lied for years, either. ...I've never told anyone.