That definitely had an effect, though Daniel doesn't know if it's really the effect he was looking for. It put a stop to the...confusing stuff with the thumb why is he worked up about a thumb and Daniel's bizarrely torn between confusion and relief. Why relief? Why confusion? Ah, help.

"You don't have to get into it," he amends quickly. "Really, it's, um, fair to say that it probably wasn't a pleasant ordeal, as, as far as I can tell."