You're right Som, I am speaking for myself with the knowledge I have available to me. I expected nothing less than his friends jumping to his defence. We are human after all right? But that's entirely my point here, your his friend therefore no trouble from him to you. Therefore you aren't on the receiving end of foul play. Because people are good at something doesn't mean it's a good thing they're good at.
In the attempts at solving something oorp to make this place a better environment inrp is near on impossible when Lerd believes he has done nothing untoward to the situation.