Stairway to Heaven

Daniel's action left nothing but a dumbfounded expression on the face of the arrogant woman, which lasted for as long as he kept pointing his finger down the steps that led off stage. From her reaction, as well as that of her guards, who angrily crowded the area around the stage, Daniel could imagine what this woman's upbringing was like .. and yet, he couldn't care less. 

Her actions had annoyed him, and while there was a good chance that he would have minded his own business in the past, the years spent as a father had opened his mind to thoughts on the line of, "What if that was my daughter?" which made him aware that, to some extent, he had gone soft.

With her guards unable to walk into the stage due to the barrier placed on it, the young woman spent a few seconds observing Daniel's appearance.