Hera was about to say no, but then she changed her mind.
Keeping her identity a secret wasn't a long-term solution.
Ever since she and Bernard had coupled up, they had spent so much time together that she hardly had any personal space.
Previously, even though they lived together, they each had their own room. Once the door was closed, no one knew what the other was doing.
Now, they shared the same room. So, she had to be on guard to keep her messages from him constantly. That was why she thought that instead of struggling to keep the secret, it might be better to use this opportunity to pretend she had just started learning to hack.
After all, S was punishing her and preventing her from using her account, so she might as well practice by using another account.
With this in mind, Hera responded, "Yes."
"Then, you need to learn programming first. You can start with Python, which is a good programming language for beginners," Bernard said.
Hera looked at him in surprise.
"You know about this?"
Bernard paused, realizing that he had spoken too smoothly.
"I had thought about learning it before and researched more about it."
"Oh? Did you end up learning it?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"I was afraid of going bald."
Hera glanced at his thick, short hair.
Bernard already felt quite guilty about not being honest with Hera about his identity last night. Now, he felt even worse for lying again.
He thought he might use the opportunity to pretend to learn the hacking skill with Hera to make up for his guilt since she wanted to learn it. He could pretend to become an expert accidentally and then help her out.
With that in mind, he said, "If you want to learn, I can learn it with you."
Hera wanted to say, "Thanks, but no thanks." She simply wanted to pretend!
So, she said, "Aren't you afraid of going bald? I'm all about looks, you know. I don't like bald guys."
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