That way he was able to bring a cold detachment to the problem.
With cold detachment he simply picked up a sword and ran one of the handlers through.
It is commonly said that he took in the world of the "rats" with a cold, callous detachment.
With cold detachment he evaluated Jamal's size and probable strength.
His eyes did not burn as he spoke; they were sunk behind veils of cold blue detachment.
With cold, calculated detachment he wheeled about as his opponent charged.
Dasein didn't know what he'd expected - certainly not the cold professional detachment with which Piaget had set about treating the shoulder.
We are meant to understand that his father's cold detachment has derailed him.
In fact, he had a sudden strange sense of cold detachment, as if he were now observing a distant scene.