"No," says Daniel, stupidly, before he can decide whether or not what he's saying is a smart thing.

(It isn't.)

"No. Whatever destruction you have planned, I'm not letting it happen."

It's laughable, it really is, because what is there he can do against the Devil? But he's evidently pretty near powerless, and Daniel's running on enraged, embittered, caffeinated self-righteousness.