"What? I mean -" Woah, did that come out of nowhere? Daniel's at least ninety percent sure it did. He looks up at Seth in a startled, vaguely terrified sort of way that quite clearly spells out that he had definitely not been expecting this. Then he realizes his behavior is probably not coming off as very friendly or sociable at all, and races to correct it. "I mean, I - sorry. I'm just not really used to, um."

He cringes. Where's that expressive verbosity that so impressed Dr. Jordan and landed him a scholarship? Did he lose that along with any trace of his academic ambition?

Evidently yes.

"Sure," he says finally, a tad desperate to salvage the offer before Seth decides he's too much of a bother. It would be right in line with the sort of luck he's been having, after all. "Sure. Thank you. That'd be great."