Am I the only one here?
I’ve been thinking further about that last minute flurry of votes for Brinniel yesterDay. It can’t really be described as a “bandwaggon” because we have four votes for her which effectively look to have been cast at more or less the same time: those of Lalaith, Lommy, Mith and Legate. It would have been dangerous for the Faithfuls to be caught in a bandwaggon which led to the lynching of an innocent but, since this was not really a bandwaggon, different considerations apply. It seems to me quite likely that one Faithful, and possibly two, were caught up in that last minute Brinniel vote. And, as I indicated earlier, to retract would have been even more dangerous for a Faithful.
Of the Brinniel voters, I find Lalaith and Lommy the most suspicious, for reasons earlier stated. Legate is a distinct possibility too. I am still inclined to think Mith innocent.
But I am currently in a quandary over whom to vote for.
On the one hand, I feel sure that either Lalaith or Lommy is a Faithful and I am most inclined to vote for one of these two.
On the other hand, I am most uncomfortable about the way that Durelin was defending me against Nogrod earlier toDay. While Nogrod’s case against me, quite apart from being wrong, makes little sense, I am always rather dubious when I am defended by another villager in this way, particularly when it comes from someone over whom I am already suspicious. I am concerned that, seeing that I might be lynched, it may have been an attempt to associate herself with me, or at least to deter me from voting for her.
And on the third hand (if I may be allowed such a thing
), I am becoming increasingly concerned that one or two of the Faithfuls may be “fly under the radar” types. I have come across such types a few times before, usually to my (and the village’s detriment). In this regard, I am particularly concerned about Kitanna, who has contributed relatively little, voted relatively safely (Garin, a no vote and Hookbill) and generally steered well clear of suspicion. I am also wary of Hookbill and Legate, as I have said. And I am distinctly uncomfortable that we have practically nothing to go on with Gil-Galad. Even his voting gives little away.
I need to think this all through much more, but I currently remain undecided between these possibilities.