No. And except for the ones in your most recent comment, you've gotten answers to all your questions, and have been evasive about every one that has been put to you.

I can jump to the end here: you want to see if there's some way out of how you've boxed yourself in and manage to pull off for your own sake a conversational win here—which is important to you. There isn't, and it shouldn't be this important.

many statements and few questions.

why did you consider it worth continuing? one might say you put more effort in than i. more importance attributed than i?