Lie Counter?

花片症
by 花えん @Pixiv

I asked:
"Do you think you can make-up for lying by telling the truth later?"

"Sometimes. It depends on the situation, like how severe the lie is."

Does it make me a bad person is I say yes? No matter what?

"Sometimes I think that certain situations call for lying. I lie to protect people, then when it's not such a bad situation anymore, I tell the truth. So no, I don't think it automatically makes you a bad person."

"That's hard... but it depends on how long you hold it up for."

Does it make me a bad person if I say yes? No matter what?

"I don't think you can make up for the lie... 'cause you lied in the first place."

But you told the truth in the end. I think it's okay as long as you're honest in the end. As long as you think it's not okay to lie. Does that make me a bad person?

"I don't think it makes you a bad person. Unless you hurt people with your lie."

Recently, I'm reading a BL manga that revolves around a boy who can see how many lies a person has told in their lives. Of course, because it's BL, he meets a boy who has a counter of zero and falls in love.

However, he judges every single person by the number beside their head.

I wondered if I would too.

But then I thought, "No, I wouldn't. Since I live by the philosophy that a lie or a mistake can always be corrected."

Meaning, can always be "made up for", but is that an immoral way of thinking?

According to those that I've asked, no, it's not.

I've been a horrible liar and I've been ruthlessly honest. I think I'm quite balanced.

I just have to find out where the line of lying has to stop and the truth has to come out.

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