Yuma: I just looked at the situation two different times and came to two different conclusions, I guess.
Thinking about it again, I think the reaction actually does speak much more to Voltaire's townness than it does to Xerxes'. I think that it's sort of known that votes like the ones made by Xerxes and Voltaire will draw some suspicion (exactly the type of suspicion I threw on Xerxes when he voted), and while that's hardly damning, it puts you under the microscope, which is a position that I think scum want to avoid. Voltaire's played a lot of games here, and would have known that, so I think I lean town on him on his reaction. When considering it for the second time, I had that conclusion about Xerxes, but I now don't think it's as strong because he wouldn't have been familiar with that situation (necessarily.. I don't know what his background in mafia is, if he has one). So it's possible that Xerxes really thought the Ashersky wagon was going to go through and wanted to help it along.. but I don't think Voltaire would knowingly take that risk, knowing it can draw suspicion.
So yes, I guess I did flip-flop a little bit, but perhaps the correct response is somewhere in the middle of where I ended up both times. I'm not sure. It's not an easy question to answer.