Since you didn't provide the excerpt, I am going to assume that the answer you need is 'hearken'.
Question 2- to address public concern.
question 1-to remain unbiased?? im not sure ab that one
Answer:
Maybe they lied because they wanted people to think they were good at something, and they wanted people to be they'er friend.
Explanation:
A related process is co articulation, where one segment influences another to produce an allophonic variation, such as vowels acquiring the feature nasal<span> before </span>nasal<span> consonants when the velum opens prematurely or becoming labialised as in "boot". </span>