( the pause is enough for jason to figure out he's not happy about it. which--who would be? no one likes finding out they've been lied to. )

It's not personal. Hell, it's -- ( and his own lips are twisting into a scowl, but jason keeps walking. ) habit more'n anything else. Someone asks me for my name, I've got dozens that'll come out of my mouth before I ever get to my own.