It only took me a million years to figure this out, but i think they are just trying to get us to reveal our context, so they dont derail our train of thought by bringing in THEIR context. It seems to me my t didnt stop the conversation like this after a while; he might pause a little in order to give as innocuous an answer as possible? But it didnt interfere anymore. Its not like we are looking for a speech from them, but i can see how they dont want to give the subject THEIR slant.