"As you requested, I've finished task X. Honestly, task X turned out to require task Y, which I haven't actually done. Task Y is the next step if you'd like to continue along this route."
"As you requested, I've finished task X. Honestly, task X turned out to require task Y, which I haven't actually done. Task Y is the next step if you'd like to continue along this route."
This is the hard-won load-bearing quote.
Belt and braces all the way down
Yeah, I told it to save in its memory that I don't want to have any more word salad!