[A lie, huh? Since he doesn't know either people involved he doesn't know how realistic the lie is. Their names are vaguely religious, he supposes, so that's something.
More important than that --]
Is lying to a potential source of information a good idea? It seems risky.
[Yeah, he was planning on giving up some actual information. Now he's thinking that might've been a naive move. Anna Sprengel, as annoying as she was, had been right to call him out for how obvious his intentions in running the city were. He needs to get better at obfuscation, and this seems like it might be another situation where it's called for.]
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More important than that --]
Is lying to a potential source of information a good idea? It seems risky.
[Yeah, he was planning on giving up some actual information. Now he's thinking that might've been a naive move. Anna Sprengel, as annoying as she was, had been right to call him out for how obvious his intentions in running the city were. He needs to get better at obfuscation, and this seems like it might be another situation where it's called for.]