Dan appreciates that Miguel takes the time to listen instead of immediately shooting him down. He can't speculate as to what it was that compelled Miguel to give him that open-mindedness, but he appreciates it, as he pretends not to notice Miguel's gaze by getting his detail glasses out of his workstation to protect his eyes.

He hears the opportunity to gracefully exit the hard part of the conversation and takes that off-ramp.

"I been told I'm wired different than a lot of people, so that wouldn't might surprise me." He slips his glasses on, then tries to slowly nudge the mood towards a bit of tired humor. "I'm one in a trillion."