"If we knew what Andrew had against us, we could try to fight it," Dan said. She drummed an agitated rhythm on her knee for a minute, then looked at Neil. "How'd you get him to stop tripping us up at practice the other day?" Neil whittled it down the barest, easiest truth. "I asked." "You asked," Matt said. It almost sounded like an accusation. "You said that about Halloween and Nicky's parents. Seriously, Neil. How do you keep talking him into doing things he obviously doesn't want to do? Is it bribery or blackmail?"
Well yeah that's basically it
