He drops the hand from Seth's shoulder after a fractional increase in pressure.

"I think I'll consider it - an entirely too generous gesture of friendship. Which I'll probably never stop thanking you for." As if in compensation, his hands feel obligated to flee back to the relative safety of his pockets, but the sentiment remains. "Anyway, it's high time I had a place that you could visit." And come the end of the month, Daniel will have his own place, completely free of corporate or organization control. It won't be as easy as if he had actually gone and registered for one of the factions, but this is better. Politically unattached.