He lets the silence stretch for a moment as he thinks. He plans through the moves, moving one of his final front-line pawns forward to press the knight. It's a last ditch attempt to stall the game a bit longer.

After the move, he switches up his language, finding the natural end to the conversation as a good way to teach him more.

"Swear words or questions today?" he wonders with a hint of a smile, eager for this to go in a different direction.