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Originally Posted by tar-ancalime
As much as I hate to do it, I fear that I must cry "longitude." Concern has been expressed because I have not yet added my voice to toDAY's discussion. As it happens, I do not live on either side of the Atlantic, nor do I live on the American side of the Pacific.
I noted the time of this post: as Lalaith was going to bed it was 6 AM here.
I've now finished reading toDAY's posts and it's just after 7 AM. Glirdan, I hope this assuages your fears.
Because I have missed out on so much discussion and analysis of DAY 1, though, perhaps I can be most helpful by starting to parse what has been said toDAY thus far (as far as Wilwa's post # 134).
It seems that there are varying theories as to why Kuru was the unfortunate victim of those among us with base wolvish impulses:
Did the wolves think he was the Seer? Lalaith thinks so.
I have had to think about this quite a bit. It seems to me that Lalaith may be right about this. At first it seemed illogical--Kuru didn't do anything yesterDAY that would indicate his being a Gifted. But then I realized--Kuru was behaving exactly as a smart Seer would early in the game: present, with smart posts that didn't really point any fingers. I never would have thought of this, being a relative novice in the detection of wolves, but I think Lalaith may have hit on something here.
Now, I recognize that I'm flirting with danger by agreeing with one who has been the object of so much suspicion already toDAY (in post 112 Wilwa already asserts that Lalaith is likely to get her vote; Kath suspects her, as does Glirdan; and she's been in quite a shoving match with lmp). I have to admit some uneasiness with Lalaith myself, despite what I think is sound reasoning regarding Kuru's death: who better to expound the correct theory than a wolf? By showing us her hand in this way (explaining the reasons for Kuru's death) she's being "helpful," which is so valuable this early in the game; could she be a clever wolf trying to clear herself by being a little forthcoming?
Which brings me to Wilwarin. She is the origin, at least toDAY, of the suspicions of Lalaith. She voices them so early and so vehemently as to give me pause. It's the opposite tactic: "never mind manoeuvres, just go straight at 'em." It's this early certainty and nothing else that makes me think Wilwa is worth watching for the rest of the DAY.
lmp has proposed another plan toDAY. It has not engendered as much debate as yesterDAY's, but it has provoked a shouting match with Lalaith and another, briefer one with Anguirel. Both lmp and Anguirel remain suspicious to me, but I find it highly unlikely that all three wolves are so embroiled with each other already. So to complicate things further, I would say that if Lalaith is a wolf, then lmp and Anguirel are not. If lmp is a wolf, then I would not put it past him and Anguirel to be playing a highly dangerous wolf-on-wolf game.
One more thought I'd like to address to lmp: he is suspicious of my "cool, even chilly" analysis. However, he repeatedly asks Lalaith to listen to what he says, not how he says it. I'd ask for the same courtesy from him.
I have to say that I'm less suspicious of Glirdan than some others seem to be--he appears to me to be working out his thoughts in plain sight, without any guile, and when he changes his mind it's because he's reexamined something. I actually find his posts a little refreshing and they seem to me to be very honest.
Firefoot and Kitanna have posted detailed analyses of yesterDAY's posting and voting; I'm thankful for both of these posts and since I tend to think that both of them are innocent, I eagerly await more posts like these.
So, at long last: I'm suspicious at this point of Lalaith, Wilwa, lmp, and Anguirel. Most suspicious: lmp and Anguirel together. Least suspicious: Lalaith. Unfortunately many of these suspicions are mutually exclusive, as I noted above: if I'm right about X, then I must be wrong about Y. Luckily I have most of a DAY to ruminate before casting a vote.
Glirdan, Firefoot, and Kitanna seem likely innocent to me.
As for the others, I'm going to wait and see before posting any opinions.
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