[Johnny took a moment to process, but it didn't seem to help. Why would someone put them in a pointless game like this? What could they possibly get out of it? Blackmail? He'd gotten a portion of his fame back from the race, but he couldn't get much lower in terms of public opinion. And unless the other people here were famous or otherwise powerful, keeping them here didn't seem like any great boon.]

I just.

I don't see the point. I mean, some of what you're saying makes sense, but without a motive, it's really hard to understand, you know?