I think you haven't understood my position at all. I said I was otherwise leaning town, but the way this transpired gave me pause for concern. None of this was presented as a "strong prior", particularly after being informed by T-Pein that Masons not being told of each other's player names is a normal convention for the host. If you were really paying attention, you'd know that it was that extra anonymity that led me along to the idea that the mason pairing was scum/town, and with that mostly shelved, I have no reason to hold onto that belief.
I don't wish to get the other mason to claim, and I probably wouldn't have either, because my theory, which is all it was ever presented as, wasn't held with enough conviction to justify claims at this stage, especially because claims should be controlled. I didn't want Flower to claim mason this early, either.
Hm.
In the window before the convention was established though, I would sooner expect you to put a bit more pressure on flower than just touch and go with a fence sitting town read based on comparitively worthless info.
Your line of questioning of me on Flower gave me the impression you could be her mason yourself, and that would square things out for me.