The two people faced off.
Inei looked stern, and it did not look like he would let it go. Emi faced her brother stubbornly, but she felt guilty, even though she had done nothing wrong. Her guilt came from knowing she could not tell the whole truth. If she did, the conversation would not go her way.
"Brother, it is nothing. I was not fighting." I was beating someone up.
"You dare lie to me?" Inei asked gravely. "You have a dried drop of blood at the bottom edge of your jeans."
Emi looked at the bottom of the jeans, even though she suspected her brother was tricking her to see her reaction. She knew the usual psychological tricks for exposing inner thoughts, but these tricks were famous because they worked.
A basic verbal trigger could cause an involuntary response, like talking about blinking or breathing. Whether someone is aware of the trick or not, they will notice breathing or blinking becoming manual and uncomfortable.
