And I'm not going to make you listen to the long version if you don't care.
[But she can Cliff Notes it. It's a story she's been crafting for a while, after all; she knows it as well as she would if it were actually the truth.]
I was confused and scared, I didn't know if anyone from home had access to this place, and advertising my real name and the fact that I'm a prisoner felt a little too much like throwing myself onto the chopping block. By the time I realized that a lot of my fears were unfounded--
[She gives a little shrug.]
How do you tell people that you've grown to like and respect that you've been lying to them?
[spam]
[But she can Cliff Notes it. It's a story she's been crafting for a while, after all; she knows it as well as she would if it were actually the truth.]
I was confused and scared, I didn't know if anyone from home had access to this place, and advertising my real name and the fact that I'm a prisoner felt a little too much like throwing myself onto the chopping block. By the time I realized that a lot of my fears were unfounded--
[She gives a little shrug.]
How do you tell people that you've grown to like and respect that you've been lying to them?