The Sentinels i.viii : who was given a pat on the back

Her mouth tightened in a grimace. Sorry. I tend to ask a lot of questions. Then he threw her a curveball, and she paused for an instant--only a blink, but perhaps it was noticeable. Redsang, Maegi responded, thinking of the name Mou had given the intruder. He said something about a plateau. . .?

Lying didn't come easy to her. Not because she felt bad about it, but because she had spent so long in dogged pursuit of truth -- about her own life, about others -- that it seemed folly to fib. Not to mention that liars had always been cruel to her. 

But she had to do this. For Mou's sake, she had to lie.