From that rather honest description, Miguel finds himself perplexed by the contradictions of Dan's kindness and the less flattering patchwork picture he was getting of his self-destructive habits. He's unsure if he should just accept it or judge the flaws more harshly. 'Danger to others' means there was a victim involved.

Still, there was an odd sort of kinship he was feeling with Dan. Miguel decides that today wasn't the day to push the other point.

"Yes." he answers back. "I was desperate to find out what caused the dimension to destabilize after it happened. Once we got our answer, preventing a repeat incident is what took up the bulk of the time. Holding things together."

A cold frustration makes his expression sink, because that obsession was always there, lurking. The smooth wooden facets of the carving are nicked by claws.

"It was the closest thing that felt like coexisting, if you can call it that."