Depending on what happens. Note that his nose didn't grow shorter even if he said the truth in the beginning of the story. When he says "and now my nose will grow" it wouldn't grow for it as being a lie, it would grow if he JUST told a lie, and it wouldn't have become smaller either
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From the description given in the question it is clear that Ryan and Becky’s relationship, which starts as a <em>platonic love</em> when they were friends, to a <em>passionate love </em>when they were starting a relationship together, has now become a (C) companionate love, one that is commonly found in long-term relationships, where the passion is no longer there, but the deep affection for one another still lingers.
