Remaining silent on his mate could only make her grow suspicious of him.

He thought it wise to open up to her.

"I can not remove the silver chip."

At first, she was ignorant of his statement. She paid little attention. Therefore, she failed to get the meaning of his statement the first time she heard it. "What did you just say?"

"I said..." he looked downwards, "I can not remove the silver chip. I have been lying to you the whole time." He tried to look up, but then, he remembered the sadness that might have grown on her face. Therefore, he looked down again. "I'm a liar! Is...