[funnily enough reason is the most useful tool here, rather than emotional swaying or empathy or anything else. reason is what daniil clings to each day, as bad as things got, and daniel's pleading tone is less effective than the truth that it's a very valid question.
he blinks once, finger moving a little off the trigger.] That- no. Of course not. It wouldn't be worth the mess.
[he doesn't sound convinced of that, not really, part of him very much thinks it'd be worth any mess but- no, he's a doctor, not a street thug. those he killed before were self defense or... necessary. this isn't.
he lowers the gun, looking grim. the trenchie he just threatened looks torn between saying something stupid or running himself.]
no subject
he blinks once, finger moving a little off the trigger.] That- no. Of course not. It wouldn't be worth the mess.
[he doesn't sound convinced of that, not really, part of him very much thinks it'd be worth any mess but- no, he's a doctor, not a street thug. those he killed before were self defense or... necessary. this isn't.
he lowers the gun, looking grim. the trenchie he just threatened looks torn between saying something stupid or running himself.]