I finished reading chapter 2 and I just had one question.
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On page 65, 佐伯 thinks to herself 「私にはどうしても言い訳めいて聞こえる」. I’m not familiar with めいて and just wanted to make sure I got the meaning right. Checking on Jisho, it appears that it’s most likely the て form of めく which means “To have the appearance of”.
In that case, would it be appropriate to read this as “That just seems like an excuse to me.” or more literally “In the end, to me, all I can hear is what seems to be an excuse.”