Daniel freezes and stares. Ancient, unspeakable evil or not, he inwardly has to admit it: that's impressive. Also worrying, but. Impressive.

He blinks rapidly for a minute, trying to - no, no he can't really process it and he doesn't want to know what could've happened that would inspire Nick to drown his sorrows in an almost literal fashion.

"...Bad day?" he guesses weakly.