[From Loki's perspective, he's selectively releasing truths in the way he feels is most likely to get him what he wants: namely, a longer conversation and perhaps a bit more in the way of positive attention from a pretty stranger. What's more trickster-y than choosing a convoluted way of angling for what you desire?

He's patient, letting her look him over and draw her own conclusions. Hard to tell whether she believes him, but she's not laughing or asking for proof. A good start.]

I used to do that, but I've never been that widely worshipped anyway. I'd get bored if I just waited for people to call on me. [Sounds tongue in cheek, but it's true. And then he looks a little more serious as he adds:]

Besides, the people who really need a trickster, or a god of lies, are the people least likely to call on any deity, don't you think? Criminals, outcasts, misanthropes. Most of them don't pray at all, and who can blame them? Earthly authority doesn't do much for them, so why should divine authority?

[The best way for Loki to be a god is for him not to be a god. It's taken a lot for him to accept that, particularly when his heart's desire is to be the center of attention at all times, but...there is a niche to fill, and he fits in it.]

I was raised a prince. The younger of two. I am absolutely spoilt; your first impressions weren't wrong. I am also an attention whore, and I like nice things, but I'm uninterested in kicking down. [Frankly, authority has done less for him than one might think.]