The best lies are the truth, he corrects. Omission, obfuscation. Not telling someone everything, telling them the truth--but specifically the parts they'd want to hear, or give them something to obscure what you're really trying to hide. He said a shortened version to Wilhelm about this at one point. His Speedrun, Ted Talk on How to Lie.

He still basically told the kid to throw him under the bus as the Worst Case Scenario and he's still shocked it didn't happen. Instead Wilhelm got put in timeout when they did finally pull him in.

(See. Just like Lucifer.)

But Lucifer didn't try to use magic (untrained) on Thorne guards.

So. Y'know.

"I'll give you the sightseeing tour," he agrees. The best spots to duck away. "The sea creature should be dead now at least. That thing was wild, and that says a lot coming from me." God was more one the 'lots of teeth' side for the Leviathans, not strange insectoid-octopus like monstrosity.