That's the idea. They want us to distrust more than we trust. You have to just... try to believe in people more. And maybe remember that nobody here really wants this. Nobody... wanted to play this game.

Our hands are forced here.

[after hearing the way battler and jack spoke of their roles, any doubt that it was voluntary could be easily assuaged.]

What we're doing here is made to be impossible. The things you're doing at home, whatever they are—they won't be like this.

[a pause.] You're a smart kid, Hiro. This is just a rigged game—it's all bullshit.