Kudos for owning the mistake
I understand the game needs claims and it is crappy hebisnt claiming. Who knows why in the end. That's on him. What you should be thinking is if he is mafia he knows he has to claim, so why not claim something if he is. The way he is playing it if he was mafia would be a double reverse psychological spin that he hopes will work. But won't because roo many indys will just pile on. Its a no win situation if he is scum and he is turning it into an auto loss really. I don't see scum ekko doing that. I didn't see him playing so bad last game either, so anything is possible. It just isn't high on my list of things scumekko would do. No you arent at fault and should worry about it. Also maybe think deeper and try to get all sides. Are you wrong for the thought process. No. Are you wrong on the confidence of the outcome. Absolutely, for the reasons above
Hey it might be right if Ekko just tanked his play. I don't think it is particularly likely. Maybe if he is indy I could see it. Mafia not so much