Dan weighs the possibility of opining that people work better when they have hobbies to break up the work, but it really isn't his place to tell Miguel how to accomplish his goals better. Miguel didn't ask Dan.

"Would you, if you could?"

He goes through his drink a bit more quickly than Miguel, although he doesn't drain it. Were he by himself, he probably would.

"Just curious if it's an affair of passion or obligation or both or sometimes one, sometimes the other."