Of course he'd lied. Jaz figured she was among the few who actually appreciated his motive for lying, but Faith, as well as a group of the others, didn't really get the whole situation. Jaz probably didn't even get the whole situation, but she had a better grip on it than a lot of the others did.
"Well," she paused, tapping her finger against her knee pensively. "If you were who he was? If you'd done what he did and been through what he had? Would you have told everyone, straight up, who you were?" she asked. It wasn't something you generally wanted people to know - especially strangers, and especially ones that you hoped would become friends - that you were 'the betrayer of Christ.' "I mean, it's a pretty big deal, what he did...even if it's not his fault."