You're lying. You are perceptive by nature. Strings might guide you, but not your words. The way you speak to people and understand them is immutable.

[ That was going to be the first step in Plan: B.A.T.T.E.R. (build a thoughtful, thinking, endogenous... reaper. He wasn't good at abbreviations, okay? Reaper worked just fine. ]

So tell me, who have you been taking interest in? Not as though you take interest in them as in you care about them, but who makes you turn your head and feel curious? There must be someone.