I really like your T's response. It was obviously not thought out in advance, was obviously not a one-size-fits-all-situations response. More a "yes you may have dessert but you have to eat your vegetables too."

I loved it when I could see I had accidentally thrown T out of her usual comfort zone and yet she responded "true" to us and the work. I could see her actual character/Self and feel my response to her instead of it usually being the other way around.