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But you're creating a hypothetical situation then making an assumption of a reaction on that hypothetical situation?

The issue here is why they failed a task and no one questioned the people who'd failed it and instead turned the attention onto an "innocent" HM. I don't know if in your hypothetical situation Shabby was also an innocent HM?

Incidently i think you are correct in assuming less people like Shabby but then i'm making an assumption and quite frankly i've no idea.