Actually, Lance didn't know how much money Mr. Selei owed him, and he didn't care; the excess was just his punishment.
If apologies and compensation could solve everything, what would the Federation need so many courts and prosecutors for?
It's a form of punishment to stop him from doing it again; of course, there's a good chance he won't have a next time.
"I heard there's a movie with several million at the box office?" Lance seemed to recall hearing this from someone.
The director immediately chimed in, "Yes, but that's just the reported box office figures. How much is real and how much is fake, we're still not sure."
"The production company only made a little over four hundred thousand."
"So little?" Lance found it a bit incredible—several million at the box office, even if exaggerated, yet the production company only earned less than ten percent. That was clearly unreasonable.
