>he sound nervous AF
Yup. He's just reading the words, he didn't write them, obviously. So who wrote the words?
>he was compelled to do just that
>clearly tried to convey duress by his manner
Yes, we all got that. But compelled by who, whom? He got the script late last night, didn't practice it, stayed awake all night knowing he was fucked, stumbled thru the presentation reading words he didn't want to read. So WHO wrote it? (There's that word WHO again).