Chapter 103: Prevarication
n. a false or deliberate misstatement.
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"Demons?" asked Baki, and Kagome wondered if the Jounin had ever been an interrogation specialist, she could already feel herself cracking.
"I grew up on a shrine," she explained, "they never really worked for Grandpa, but well, I figured that it would help Gaara clear his mind, you know... if he felt something stick to him."
"If they do not work, why do you carry them around?"
Kagome cringed; she had not seen that hole in her lie.
"Keepsakes? From home," Kagome said imploringly, wondering if he might believe that, apparently not, "Grandpa gave me a lot for my… journey."
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