At least Roland was coming clean, but that didn't make this any easier to swallow. It did sound like he was making excuses, but Peter wasn't a judgmental person by nature. If there were extenuating circumstances that he didn't understand, then how was it his place to start getting high-and-mighty and pointing his finger at people?

It wasn't like he could ignore the fact that Roland's friend was hurting people, though. And had killed them in the past, from the sound of it. His mouth was set in a firm line as he tried to figure out how he should react.

Of course, there was that one part of what Roland had said that stood out, and Peter lifted his head to look the other man in the eye as he asked the obvious question. "Programming?"