There was, in fact, quite a bit that went into a good lie. For instance, saying, 'I 'm going to kill myself, ' was only a believable distraction if you 'actually wanted 'to kill yourself. As a principle, Dazai was always willing to kill himself. This made lying about it especially easy. Other 'reliable 'lies included, 'I 'm not feeling well, ' or, 'I don 't have time. '

Dazai didn 't think Mori was going to believe any of those, though.

There wasn 't any believable or kind way to write, 'I don 't want to deal with you, ' so Dazai didn 't write anything at all.