"You know I'm not gonna say no," says Holden, like a sigh. "You don't have to persuade." The way this works is Holden takes a swing at persuading Jedao, then, once he fails, Holden pretty much just goes and does the thing.

He glances sharply at Jedao. "Or maybe you don't know," he realizes. "Hell, Jedao, of course that stuff belongs to you. That shit he did, that was --" Holden doesn't have words for it. "Theft," he finishes, lamely. "Damage. You can't make something yours just by changing it."