I'm not trying to endear myself, I'm- ...is there a word for holding a thing ransom instead of a person? Not blackmail... extorting, I guess? I'm trying to extort answers out of you.

...And I'm pretty sure it does matter, at least to you, or you wouldn't have had these on your wall. Or be trying to smoke so much you forget. Did he die, or just- go away go away?