[Under duress by an outside cause. Yeah, that much is true. But it feels like Lance still doesn't grasp the situation, and that's frustrating, even if a good deal of the reason is that Michael hasn't exactly explained it.

His tone turns suddenly sharp.]

No one's threatening me or my family. Nobody has a fucking gun to my head. It's not some kind of ransom, it's just me taking the easy way out. And say somebody does kill someone because they're being threatened or something, they still did it, that doesn't change anything.

[Michael stops and takes a breath. God, what were they just talking about?]