There, see, that was a useful observation with a point to it. I might not agree, but you actually said something with weight there. Try to do it more often.

[He might even agree. A little. Conditionally. Begrudgingly. Did it have to take so much time to get there?]

And you're giving a lot of credit to knowledge and skill without any sense of what it might be. Again, details could be useful to you.