[ The reaction on the other's end is both unsurprising and unnerving at the same time. Daniel has seen this expression on the other's face around him before, after all. It's like a snake spotting a mouse - like Terry would swallow him whole, given the chance.

Daniel isn't planning on letting him. His face doesn't do as much as twitch (for now, anyway), no matter how much effort it takes to keep it in the exact same position as he stands there, forced to look up at the other. ]

Newcomers. [ The venom in the way he nearly spits out that word is clear as day though, followed up by a shake of the man's head. ] You and I both know you're more like one of the monsters that occasionally crawls out of the sea here.

[ No, even worse. At least those monsters don't play mind games. ]

I'm just here to tell you that you better not be thinking of messing with people in this place. Just go quietly back into.. retirement, or whatever the hell you were doing with your life. [ Especially when shoving Terry back into the sea and being rid of him truly just isn't an option.

If only. ]