I hadn't realized how close the voting was at the time of my last post. Indeed, there was nothing to stop Nogrod saving himself by switching his vote to either Shasta or me. (Yes, that's either of us, thankyou, Might.)
So– was his Rikae vote a suicide, or was it arranged for someone to cast another vote for one of the other candidates, and something went wrong? I don't know. Perhaps he simply lost track and didn't realize he could still save himself.
This makes it all the stranger that the wolves killed Shasta. You'd think they'd have every interest in keeping him alive.
OT: I'm sorry to hear you're not well, Saucepan Man.
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