Hmm, I don’t really agree with the bolded - I’m on my phone so getting quotes going to be a nightmare, but my takeaway from that conversation wasnt that he was saying it couldn’t match at all, more looking to expose the fault in the positions taken (mango is quick to accuse Melkor of buddying but turns a blind eye to you, on the basis that your position is directly favourable to him)
As for the rest, the lawyering conversation you’re plain flat out wrong about. Mango clearly felt you were defending him, which is what magic correctly picked him up on. You interjected and say you’re not defending mango, you’re attacking magic - but it wasn’t about what you were doing, only mangos faulty perception of it. I’d urge you to reconsider your position on that