If a lie, by definition, becomes a lie only in the context of communication (speech, writing, gesture), and if a lie is immoral because it destroys the fundamental trust that makes communication possible--if all this is so, can a lie be told in a context where communication is understood to have no objective value to begin with?
Lies only occur in the context of communication and are immoral.
Lies can reinforce trust that makes communication possible.
A baby is crying.
A girl is sitting on her couch
There are two people in a hotel room
My word is being countered with his.
People are near a circus
The person is cutting the rope.