Many stories start as lies, but it doesn't make them any less true to the one telling them. [ lies for comfort, lies for gain, lies that eventually become truth due to circumstance. as the god of lies, he knew that nothing was ever so simple as being aware of falsehoods. ]

Perhaps they swallowed it long ago, that doesn't make it any simpler for us. [ there's a huff-like sigh. ] Ah, where's the shining light of truth when you need it?