The alien had put Thom back into the simulation, back into the lie. But lies sometimes contain truths, truths so deeply loved that lies will be clung to in order to keep a truth from being lost with it. What secret does Thom hold back from the alien, what does the alien hold back from him, and in holding back, what do they each offer up on their own?
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