Not sure what is going on there, but the comment to Marion Bowes is way out of line. Flagging Lynds likely is a way to get back at FTG. I remember when he came after you, gasparcha, erebus and a few others including me for no apparent reason but also suspect he is not working alone. I think he is a courier sent by a cabal.
Voting for witness; you have to wonder, are they followers or beggars? Old trick from the Romans: Free bread during the "Games" at the Colosseum.