It's really trustworthy, then, that I'm instructing you on how to lie, he says. In another time he could say it's a sign that Istredd should get better at lying, but then Istredd managed to hide (for months) from Lucifer (the person he was mentally connected to) that he was in love with him.

Not bad, Istredd.

"Some tiny, hole-in-the-wall thing, maybe?" Look if he knew he'd be taking Istredd to Nott really ever he'd have paid attention to Oks, but hey, here they are, Lucifer without the true book knowledge for his partner. It's fine. Istredd must likely have some kind of magnet-sense to bookshops; if there's a will, there's a way, yada yada.

He's being careful not to mentally prod at Istredd. Mostly just let the man stew under the radar. He will jab at him with a stray thought if the man gets too bad and if Istredd jumps at all while they're in Nott, Lucifer will hook an arm around his in an odd gesture to smooth over any nerves or shame he could feel at being jumpy.

Though if it's for a legit reason, someone's getting a wing punch for even trying to screw with them.

"We'll have to go to the docks first," he explains, "I don't know where the family lives, so we'll have to ask around."