[Azaelia of Willowbottom]

If you had not just posted, Malka, you would have gotten my vote this evening.

As it is, Farael's and Malka's reasoning has drawn me to the conclusion that perhaps our wolf is trickier than we thought...Cailin has always been reasonable, perhaps too reasonable.

Though the suggestion of Naria not choosing if she doesn't have a sure target and our lynch-ee today is innocent does make sense if I think about it...because we're a village of 5, 4 of us innocent. If our lynch-victim is innocent, we're down to 4, and 3 innocents. And then, if Naria is eaten toNight, and she picks an innocent victim, that's another two down. One wolf and one innocent. We lose. Which may be why Naria is still alive...because the wolf was hiding behind a hope that she would become confused and take an innocent out tonight.

However, I do not know about Farael, either...he also is very reasonable, or at least reasonable-seeming. But I've harbored some degree of suspicion against him for a long time. His idea of letting someone suspicious (Malka) slide for another night could be letting a wolf get away. And he did bring up an argument against Cailin first. (And to really beat the dead horse, he was the one to call for Lhuna to reveal herself.)

And Malka's previous lack of participation is also suspicious, though that alone should not condemn her, and she was absent yesterDay.

Naria is the only one I know for sure is innocent.

And my schedule demands that I have to vote now or not at all. eek.

My mind says Cailin. My gut says Farael. And Malka lurks around the edge of it all (I, too, have a sense of melodrama).

But my time is up. I've convinced myself. I am going to vote for

++Farael

But my gut instincts have been very, very wrong before. So wrong that I don't know why I bother to listen to them anymore. I just know that Cailin and Malka both feel wrong. I would urge all those who have not voted yet to please withold and use all time available to vote, to gather all facts that you can because this could just be our last day to catch a wolf. I'm not saying vote for Farael. I'm saying look around, post a lot, weigh your options carefully.

If this is putting pressure on anyone, I apologize.

If Cailin is innocent (stranger things have certainly happened) I would recommend looking at Farael because he sounded off with a lot of force against her, and was the first to do so.

Well. I hope we all survive this coming Night. And I hope to "see" this village alive and kicking when I return from work on Wednesday night in time to see the events of the rest of today, and to see if we survived.