Normally, I wouldn't have thought Daniel would be that cold either, but I read other LJer's comments about how, well, insane Daniel could be after all this -- leaving out the whole ascension/descension/sort-of-ascension/sort-of-descension thing, he then persuades his friends to go back in time, where they foul up royally, and he ends up the only survivor among them, having then to try to fix the timeline and deal with three people who are/are not his closest friends/family.

So I figured it would make him sort of, well...nuts. But he's got to at least least pretend he's sane, because so much depends on it.

At least, that was my take. Of course, if you'd like to write a totally different view... (Was that a hint? Yeah, I guess so...)