Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-32932951-20190619223119/@comment-29194274-20190625173948

"I'm curious on why she lied," Akechi pipes up. Nepeta jumps, looking surprised, and mouths something to Terezi. Terezi shakes her head, a sly grin on her face. Akechi notes this as he continues, "Technically only a half lie, but even with the chances being relatively low, you knew he probably wasn't why. But you didn't know for sure, or if they were a good or bad person. So why?"

Nepeta gives Terezi a look, still not trusting her no of an answer for her unaired question. She turns back to Akechi, folding her arms across her chest and shifting her weight around. ":33 < i knew the chances and i took them."

"Another half lie," Akechi declares with a shake of his head. "You're not used to being called out like this, are you? You might be an alien, but you probably recognized Peter Parker," Akechi motions towards the aforementioned boy, "from a piece of media, and knew that it was likely addressed to him, and when you noticed his confusion you just acted. So you half lied. You hadn't been formally introduced, so you weren't technically lying, but you also weren't telling the whole truth."

Nepeta just kind of sputters a bit, and gives Terezi a 'did you set me up?' look.

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