[ Dirk's not sitting around feeling sorry for himself over it, but once it finally gets through his skull that he's not going anywhere it's kind of going to be a serious blow. FOR NOW, THOUGH... ]
My thoughts exactly. It's not like it actively sucked. Actually, it was kind of the exact opposite of this place, an apartment suspended over an ocean.
[ Thoughts on booze aside, he is kind of thirsty. He'll just be rifling through the cooler for something non-alcoholic now. ]