[And it's....a shock. To hear that. Everything ELSE had been going so badly for Dagger, why couldn't at least this one thing had been there, waiting for him, let him have a wish to take care of a big enough problem he could HAVE THAT and be happy and it's just...it's not FAIR.]
[There was just so much wrong and Dagger deserved better-]
[Yes. He did. And even if it took a minute for him to take in just how horrible it was, his voice is steady.]