Post #173947
November 10, 2023, 01:40:44 AM
[mention]Sugar Moon[/mention]
I'd consider "Numbers isn't mafia with Cait btw" to be essentially a throwaway associative read that a hypothetical mafia Luka wouldn't feel beholden to later in the game. It's standard early game "looking involved" content in that scenario. It's rendered moot now with Cait essentially confirmed though.
As for your other point, about Numbers undermining a Luka town read on ExLight -- this is a moment I seem to read in the opposite direction. The "severity" of that moment, in which Numbers suggested Luka's comments were "massively untrue" seems more compatible with a momentary distancing maneuver when paired with what followed (or what didn't). Number didn't pursue that dialogue to any meaningful extent and then ended up dumping a frivolous town read on Luka when [possibly] thread consensus made it more palatable to do so.
I acknowledge this isn't the only interpretation of events available, but it's one thing I have considered when thinking of Luka as a candidate Numbers teammate.