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Originally Posted by Vaimes
"There is no other conclusion to draw."
Gee, that sounds awfully similar to "we have no choice" when everyone was lynching Grover.
Hang on, I need a computer.
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Uh-huh. Because someone intervened on Grover's behalf. That could have been someone saving his bacon (a fellow Dark) or him saving his own (which turned out to be the case). In Vaimes' situation, someone who had to be a specific faction (Aiel) took a specific, one-shot action on a target (not an item...Aiel can only choose the person...Chief in this case) that not only assured that anything he had would be taken before he died (meaning the someone had to know before night actions that Chief would be NK'd) but, conveniently, was the one thing that HAD to be removed from Chief for him to die. We know 3 Aiel: Coffee Warlord burned his steal, I stole from Vaimes, Vaimes stole from Chief. Is it possible that Vaimes was lucky in choosing to steal from Chief (meaning the Dark was lucky, too, because they couldn't have NK'd Chief otherwise)? Yes. It is precisely 0.9% possible...meaning it's 99.1% certain that Vaimes knew exactly what he was doing.