The lack of comprehension was perhaps somehow seen as a loss of face for the questioner as well as for the candidate.
The role of the questioner and the answerer was also noted.
He thought of possible answers and how he might put his questioner to shame.
Here, where the information is (or should be) "already known" to the questioner, respondents commonly answer such inquiries with oh-prefaced responses.
Here we see the questioner again trying to isolate the precise aspects of the defendant, or the defendant's behavior, that were frightening to the witness.
These question management decisions were influenced by what they considered to be the motives of the questioner.
The questioner did not seem fully satisfied but did not pursue the matter further.
For example, silence following a question is treated by participants as a noticeable nonaction by the recipient rather than as part of the questioner's turn.
