The Walking Dead, Survival Rule Of The Week: Trust And Lies

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Learn to be able to tell when someone is lying to you.

One of the funniest part of this week’s episode of The Walking Dead was watching Aaron and Father Gabriel bluff their way through questioning by Lance Hornsby, who seemed intent on finding a scapegoat. Yet, when given a story by the pair, and having their credibility vouched for by Daryl, he immediately accepted it and seemed to move on, his pleasant demeanor never wavering.

Funny though that was, it also serves as a window into our first topic this week, specifically, when people are lying to you and how to know.

The first give away would be the one we saw from Gabriel and Aaron: A story that makes no sense. From Hornsby’s perspective, the idea that a group of crazed hostiles killed the diplomatic mission, including all the heavily-armed Commonwealth soldiers protecting it, and then just disappeared while leaving Aaron and Gabriel unscathed just didn’t add up. Of course, he didn’t have proof, but he knew that what they were saying was not true.

If you talk to someone (or when you first meet someone), and they tell you what’s happened to them or how they came to be where you meet them, which simply does not add up, that’s your cue not to trust this person, and to definitely not tell them or have them anywhere near anything sensitive. Whatever it is that they’re not telling you, they’re not telling you for a reason.

This could be because they don’t trust you. Still, it could also just as easily be because whatever they’re leaving out could reveal that they have some unsavory, hostile, or nefarious intent for you, like an ambush or the revelation that they’re a rapist or a cannibal. Whatever the case may be, if something doesn’t add up in their story, make sure to keep them at arm’s length so that, if you have to be stuck with them for a while, you can be ready to react in case your suspicions turn out to be warranted.