Slade3200 knows he is lying. He is playing shell games.
shell game
n.
1. A game, often a swindle involving gambling, in which a person hides a small object underneath one of three nutshells, thimbles, or cups, then shuffles them about on a flat surface while spectators try to guess the final location of the object. Also called
thimblerig.
2. A fraud or deception perpetrated by shifting conspicuous things to hide something else.
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