A few distractions, if you let them in? That's what distractions were. If they weren't let in, they were just... something on the sideline, something that was there. And Dan knew all about finding distractions. He had been doing it since he had arrived on the TARDIS.
He offered a polite smile, and continued to smoke. "Can't imagine I will let an opportunity like that pass up" he replied. "Who wouldn't? People dreamed of this stuff. Can't just let it slide by" he smirked, shaking his head.
He flicked the loose ash away and raised an eyebrow at his comment. "Yeah... you could say that" he said. "Turns out the deeper you look, the more interesting things get... Darker, but still" he shrugged. "Imagine you've come across a few interesting cases in your time, though?" he smirked a touch.