[Grif doesn't know anything about him. For a moment, Wash is breathless, almost giddy, at the idea of a blank slate. He could say anything-]
[But there's no guarantee he wouldn't be found out. There's no guarantee someone else with a longer memory wouldn't show up. And there's no point in living a lie if he can't keep it in place, if he's going to be constantly worried about it all crashing down around him-]
[No, the truth is better. It just doesn't have to be the whole truth. Not right away.]
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[But there's no guarantee he wouldn't be found out. There's no guarantee someone else with a longer memory wouldn't show up. And there's no point in living a lie if he can't keep it in place, if he's going to be constantly worried about it all crashing down around him-]
[No, the truth is better. It just doesn't have to be the whole truth. Not right away.]
For what it's worth, that's not on my to do list.