You mean we have to lie to her?  
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And if we don´t what happens?  Do we spoil a quest?   
Perhaps the writer is very pragmatic and thinks that love is a big lie anyway.
I always tell my wife that she is the most beautiful woman on earth. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
She accuses me of being a big liar of course but she likes that I tell her this specific lie too.  <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
If I brought my wife with me to Greece you shall agree with her that I am a big liar also.  <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />
A courteous liar that is.  <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />