Stream of Conscious post:
I'm not sure how, without revealing more than what we want, we need to figure out if pairs are actually a thing.
I also don't think anyone should answers faust's fruit question until he answers it himself. As I see this as another possible scum gambit re: pairs. i.e. if someone else says they got fruit, he could say he also got it, and since Awaclus is gone, there's no way to confirm if that's truthful.
Though trying to sell pairs is a dangerous gambit as once we confirm there are not (if that's the case), we'd have several lynch targets. SO I don't know. I still think it's worth trying to learn though.
Other reasons I doubt pairs:
My item did not seem like an item that would be doubled (i.e. it was not a one word thing like rope or codebook). Neither does the codebook that skip had / joth got.
And the flavor text here (though, I'm not sure how much relevance flavor text should have):
"I swear, I just need some rope to tie up my horse," said the cowboy.
"Wait, a minute, I need rope to hang the curtain back stage at my theater!" said the director.
Seems to imply same item for different purposes. So one thing worth thinking about, is there a standard mafia role that would use the rope, such that skip felt he had to claim paired sailors?