Well, the bark of laughter that burst forth was a genuine one, if that counted for anything, Verity.

"Sound advice," she managed, nodding at Sarah. "Especially for those of us for whom lies are something of a way of life." Yeah, unlike Liam, she'd had relationships, but they'd been hard, and most of them hadn't ended well.

(Though at least two of those bad endings had been because of direct Taelon interference.)