I'm in no doubt that if rascal is a wolf who is legit absent for the rest of the day and that he's the likely lynch, then he'd feel the time was right to fakeclaim in an effort to help his buddies find the seer.

I have a great deal of doubt that rascal seer wouldn't have realised the consequences of claiming on d1.

It makes much more sense to gamble that you're not going to get lynched than it does to just kill your power outright by claiming.

He's always a wolf here. Always.