Daneel's strategy was simple: he was going to avoid the attacks from this crazy guy until the missile was ready before getting the hell away and letting it pierce through him.
He would just have to see if that smile still remained after a whole meter of blazing steel pierced through the crazy man's body, burning up his insides while making sure that he wouldn't die.
Yes, Daneel didn't want him to die. All he wanted was that the man had to be incapacitated so that he could find out his origin and just what the 'bird' was that he was referring to.
This man was an Exalted Warrior, and by all rights, using Mind Control on him should work.
However, Daneel's gut told him that that would be a bad idea.
His Mind Control had to work the first time, or it would definitely fail if he tried again. This was someone who knew the spell, and hence, Daneel could guess that he must be guarding against it, even if he didn't know whether Daneel was capable of using it.
