It's no news to Daniel that he is “soft.” He continues to feel torn between his various responsibilities, especially between the mountain and the village. Yet, having met Jesus, he begins to suspect that this part of himself can’t be easily removed—and that maybe it shouldn’t be. He identifies the big difference between Jesus’s attitude toward people and Rosh’s. Jesus thinks people should be treated with dignity because of their value in God’s sight. Rosh thinks people can be thrown away when they’re no longer “useful.”