[With careful, deliberate patience-]

I didn't think it was.

[The next part is said with some obvious affection and admiration.] I just think - aside from being a useful tool when there's genuine need to obfuscate -

[But then he drops back to level seriousness.] 'A certain point of view' is sometimes your fallback position when you aren't sure how else to respond. Or you don't like the other impulses that bubble up, for whatever reasons.