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I consider it both. He has directly endangered you and Ani both, likely to shield his companion from the girls’ wroth. You saw how they challenged Saber, undaunted.

They targeted Devon because Ren threatened their number. A strategic retaliation.

[ Fearsome, to be sure. And if they did indeed poison Ren — ]

They’ll not be controlled, when they’ve their own interests. The Yellowjackets were canvassing for votes, and the vampires fear persecution. I can only imagine what transpired, but my vote was requested, when I warned you and the rest of Ani’s chosen.

Almost every vampire present is over one hundred years old. They are not naive, nor could they be wholly ill-informed after your post about the likelihood of a fleshworker red herring. I suspect they’ve closed ranks.

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You think he wanted Misty's favor for his own purposes rather than ours?

[ Obviously that's what Gale thinks or he wouldn't have said it - but he wants to know to what extent he believes it. If there's anything else he'll say. ]

They've definitely closed ranks. The question is whether they were earnestly swayed by the Yellowjacket spin or they knowingly voted for a wasted cage to save themselves from - what? Armand was down to two votes, and nobody had taken enough time to settle on a new vampiric target. So the only other explanation is presumably the threat of the voting power the girls represent.

If the vampires are afraid of the Yellowjackets, we have a more significant problem on our hands than we thought. If they're not, and they voted for Devon over one of the others anyway, we need to make it a focus to have their collective ear.

[ Because unfortunately, pre-additional input, it's still looking like poor strategy or Raw Stupidity from where he's standing. ]

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You don’t?

[ stephen does not seem as naive as his confessed compatriots, tony and wanda. ]

You misunderstand the nature of the vampyr, Stephen. They view this life in centuries, not days or months or years, characterised by the inevitability of the pendulum to swing against them. Thus, the game is not taken vote by vote, but as a whole. Armand was like to be spared today, but what of Lestat tomorrow? They do not fear the girls. They see their value, as you and Silco did.

And they have bought more votes than our one by a significant margin.

[ he publishes a more thorough analysis in their group, shortly thereafter. ]