[anonymous ; text]

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What do you do when you find out your friend has been lying to you about something the whole time you've known them? Lying about something big.

Comments

[boostup4beetbuster]

What kind of lie are we talking about here?

[anon, text]

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Something about who they are.

Re: [anon, text]

[boostup4beetbuster]

So, secretly evil or something?

[anon, text]

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Not evil, just...different.

Re: [anon, text]

[boostup4beetbuster]

What kind of different? Not human or something?

[anon, text]

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Not that big, but...kind of like that, I guess.

Re: [anon, text]

[boostup4beetbuster]

How important is this secret, then? Is it something that could endanger somebody?

[anon, text]

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No, it's not like that.

Re: [anon, text]

[boostup4beetbuster]

Then why worry about it? Everyone's entitled to their privacy.

[anon, text]

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[Because he's a teenager.]

Because they lied.

Re: [anon, text]

[boostup4beetbuster]

If it's personal for them, then they've got a reason not to tell. Or maybe they're just worried how someone's going to react, like they'll do something stupid if they know the truth.

[anon, text]

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[In theory, Orlando knows this better than anyone.
In reality, teenage drama.]

Yeah, sure.

Re: [anon, text]

[boostup4beetbuster]

Look, something similar's happening with me. I know something about what my team's going into, something I'm afraid to let them know of right now. Because if they learn it now, they're going to lose the will to do what they need to, and we're all in trouble.

People don't keep secrets without a reason. Most people, anyway.

[anon, text]

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Yeah. I-

I know.

Re: [anon, text]

[boostup4beetbuster]

See? Chances are, if they were keeping this from you, they probably cared enough about you to worry about how you'd react.

[anon, text]

[scanningutterly]

That's...probably true.


Thanks.

Re: [anon, text]

[boostup4beetbuster]

No problem.