[Anguirel]

Rather interesting that Gurthang makes reference to people accusing him of being Firefoot's Lover...I don't recall anyone positing anything of the kind...at least not by Day. O, Master Wolf, have you just made a slip among all your huffing and puffing...?

Neither did I realise the situation was altogether as hopeless as Gurthwolf makes out. If we lynch the lovers today, the wolves kill an innocent and win. If we lynch a wolf today...the innocent Lover will be impossible to kill by night...so the Wolves will compromise on another innocent...which leaves two wolves out of five, one passenger Lover, two innocents...okay, you're right.

Blast. We are caught between the Devil and the deep blue sea, indeed.

Well...errrr...shall we have a vote on whether we prefer a Wolf victory or a Lover victory? I'm for a Lover victory myself. Wolf wins are rather passe and indeed happen most of the time. Lover victories are once in a blue moon. And as long as the Lovers win, the village can claim a share in victory, I suppose.

Besides, the Lovers can coexist with one passenger. Coo-eee, love-birds, can I be your best man?

That said:

++GURTHANG

Even were his actions as pure and innocent as the wind-driven snow, his dramatic postures practically condemn him by themselves. His frequent "Not that it matters anymore at this stage" votes. His invocation of Jack Sparrow when his lynching was possible but not probable. His insistence on syphoning our energies into the Sauce-Firefoot duel ("Well, it looks like everyone's going to vote for one of those two *sotto voce* so I'm safe.") which you can surely see by now was a barren clash between innocents.

Gurthang's actions are often quite mild singly, but they fit together into a larger and more profound picture.