record speaks for itself. and the defendants' own words guides the court through sentencing. i went back through my notes and other resources to pull some of the quotes that we have in this case. i'll start with greg mcmichael. in my opinion, greg mcmichael very early on in this tried to establish a narrative. he made comments like ahmaud arbery was trapped like a rat, stop or i'll blow your -- and i won't repeat it again -- head off. he effectively admitted he wasn't sure what ahmaud arbery had done wrong. quote, i don't think the guy has actually stolen anything out there, but if he did, it's northwesterly the process. but he keeps going back over and over again to this damn house. getting back to the narrative, he told travis, you have no choice.