You're right. CC Writer, hasn't answered it yet. Curious to say the least. I think his reluctance to suggests some serious element of guilt.
Not sure if he has left the conversation, as it was made clear, more than once, he was always free to do.
And he said he felt intimidated. I believe research says that's often evidence of guilt in situations as he is presently in, too.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”