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- Elsewhere
It's particularly noticeable when there's no nuance.
They keep their Magic Skill secret for whatever reason, so they keep their Sock Darning Skill secret too, and then the enemies discover the secret and use it against them and they still keep it a secret...
If the character says "I have secret A and secret B, and I can reveal A but B has to stay secret" it comes across as a reasoned choice, even if the reasoning is weak.
If they randomly decide to keep a secret and rigidly hold to it no matter what, it comes across as just cosplaying as Person With A Secret.
They keep their Magic Skill secret for whatever reason, so they keep their Sock Darning Skill secret too, and then the enemies discover the secret and use it against them and they still keep it a secret...
If the character says "I have secret A and secret B, and I can reveal A but B has to stay secret" it comes across as a reasoned choice, even if the reasoning is weak.
If they randomly decide to keep a secret and rigidly hold to it no matter what, it comes across as just cosplaying as Person With A Secret.